Gates says Microsoft won't raise Yahoo bid
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Whether Microsoft intends to take its case to Yahoo shareholders, and maybe raise its offer in so doing, remains well within the company's rights. Nonetheless, Bill Gates said, at the very least, that a price hike wasn't necessary.
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Microsoft Corp plans to invest heavily in Web search to competes against Google Inc, even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc, the company's chairman Bill Gates said on Monday.
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With Yahooâs shares up slightly on the news that its board has officially rejected the $31 a share bid from Microsoft, it appears investors are betting the company is looking for a better deal.
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Microsoft Corp  plans to invest  heavily in Web search to compete against Google Inc ,  even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc , the company's  chairman Bill Gates said on Monday.
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Microsoft Corp  has made an  unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion  in cash and stock, seeking to join forces against Google Inc   in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the  Time Warner-AOL merger.
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Yahoo's board rejects Microsoft's $44.6 billion acquisition bid, saying it substantially undervalues the company.
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Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected Microsoft Corp's unsolicited takeover bid, currently valued at $42 billion, as too low, saying its board had unanimously concluded it was not in the best interests of shareholders.
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Business & money: Microsoft chairman denies the software giant is renegotiating its 'full and very fair' takeover offer
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Yahoo&#39;s board of directors plans to reject&#160;Microsoft&#39;s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid,&#160;The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing as its source &quot;a person familiar with the situation.&quot;
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp   made a bid to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion, seeking  to join forces against Google Inc  in what would be the  biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner- AOL merger.
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Microsoft said Wednesday that it did not need to buy Yahoo to gain scale in online advertising, because it had âall the piecesâ to build a successful ad business.
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Yahoo Inc  on Monday rejected  as too low Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited $41.4 billion  takeover offer, a move viewed by Wall Street as the first salvo  in an effort to get the software maker to raise its bid.
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Internet giant Yahoo's board has decided to reject Microsoft's takeover bid, saying its 44.6 billion dollar offer "massively undervalues" Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang cited the growing online advertising market and his company&#39;s position to take advantage of that growth as reasons for shareholders to&#160;reject Microsoft&#39;s acquisition bid, he said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday.The letter, the contents of which Yahoo made public Wednesday, stated that&#160;Microsoft&#39;s February 1, $44.5 billion unsolicited takeover offer&#160;was too low. Yang said that Yahoo is the most visited site in the United States, held the top position in online display advertising, and counted almost one out of two of the world&#39;s Internet users as its members. He also said Yahoo is the top mobile destination in the U.S.Yang did not cite sources for most of his claims. However, comScore Networks research from November 2007 confirmed Yahoo&#39;s online display advertising leadership, with almost 19 percent of the market.The online ad market is expected to grow from $45 billion last year to $75 billion in 2010, Yang said, and that Yahoo wanted &quot;to take advantage of what we see as a unique window of time in the growth -- and evolution -- of this market to build market share and to create value for stockholders.&quot;The company plans to grow visits to its properties &quot;by 15 percent per year over the next several years,&quot; although did not specify how. He also said that Yahoo&#39;s own search marketing system,&#160;Panama, along with two 2007 acquisitions -- Right Media and Blue Lithium -- would &quot;complement and enhance Yahoo!&#39;s existing capabilities and will make it easier for advertisers and online publishers to buy and sell advertising online.&quot;Both Yahoo and Microsoft have struggled to compete with Google&#39;s success in online advertising, specifically its paid search and Adwords programs. Based on the same comScore data, Microsoft captured only 6.7 percent of online display ads. That poor performance is seen as the main impetus behind its move for Yahoo.The letter made no mention of&#160;talks with News Corp.&#160;for some sort of share swap, intended either to offset Microsoft&#39;s interest or force the software company to boost its bid for Yahoo, as reported late Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.
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U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday, though scrutiny of the deal could drag on for months.
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Yahoo looks for alternatives to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
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Microsoft won't participate in the 700 MHz spectrum auction planned by the FCC for January, CEO Steve Ballmer said.