AT&T, Yahoo downplay report partnership at risk
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - AT&T Inc. and Yahoo Inc.  are negotiating how they could expand a broadband promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.
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By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Jun. 15--In a move that's ignited criticism from bloggers and Internet  activists, San Antonio-based phone giant AT&T Inc.
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Speculation is rife on Wall  Street that a big Internet deal or alliance is in the works,  with Google, Yahoo, eBay or Microsoft as possible partners --  and a Yahoo-eBay partnership seen as most likely.
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Yahoo called Microsoftâs $44.6 billion takeover offer too low, and said it would continue to evaluate all its options.
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AT&T Corp. on Thursday reported a net loss of $7.1 billion, or $8.95 per share, for the third quarter of 2004, but that loss included asset re-evaluation and other charges of $12.5 billion.
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The combination could force other carriers to seek partners, people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.
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AT&T Inc. and Yahoo  Inc.  are negotiating how they could expand a broadband  promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and  advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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According to a story by The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board plans to send a letter to Microsoft on Monday saying that the software vendor's $44.6 billion merger offer "massively undervalues" the online services company.
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Confirming&#160;weekend rumors, Yahoo rejected on Monday&#160;Microsoft&#39;s $44.6 billion cash-and-stock offer, saying the unsolicited proposal substantially undervalues the company.
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Yahoo Inc   rejected Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited $41.6 billion  takeover offer as too low on Monday, forcing the software maker  either to sweeten the bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch  a deal.
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Yahooâs board decided that Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues the company, people involved said.
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Yahoo's board is reported to be planning to reject Microsoft's unsolicited offer as being too low.
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Yahooâs board decided that Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues Yahoo, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Intel (INTC ) and AT&amp;T (T ): The two icons of American business are both a bit down on their luck these days. In the past five years AT&amp;T has plunged from its perch as one of the world&#39;s most powerful communications
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Yahoo Inc  is  reportedly in talks with News Corp (NWSa.N) to combine their  Web properties, but Wall Street analysts rained scorn on the  likelihood of a deal that can fend off Microsoft Corp's   $42.1 billion bid for Yahoo.
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(InfoWorld) - Feeling that its partnership with Yahoo Inc. yields fewer benefits than in the past, AT&T Inc. wants to trim the deal's scope and seek more favorable conditions for itself, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Specifically, AT&T seeks a revision of how the companies share ad and Internet access revenue in their years-long agreement to sell co-branded broadband services to consumers in the U.S., the Journal reported, quoting anonymous sources. Negotiations have already begun for renewal of the pact, which ends in April 2008 and which Yahoo originally struck in 2001 with AT&T predecessor SBC Communications Inc. Back in 2001, AT&T needed Yahoo more than it does today to market its broadband services to consumers, because broadband is now in higher demand, the article states. Yahoo gets between US$200 million and $250 million in annual revenue from the partnership, and could see its bottom line affected if those payments were reduced, according to the Journal. The profit margins on these AT&T fees are generally higher than the margins Yahoo enjoys from its other operations, the paper said. More indirectly, traffic to Yahoo's Web sites and usage of its services could be affected if the pact is scaled back, the Journal said. The joint customers obtain, along with the AT&T broadband connection, a suite of Internet tools from Yahoo, including e-mail accounts, PC security software, a photo management application and exclusive videos. Industry analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group doesn't find the news surprising. "I don't think Yahoo is providing AT&T with that much value and I'm not convinced that Yahoo is getting that much value from AT&T," he said. In 2001, AT&T needed an Internet company to partner against the combination of the newly merged AOL and Time Warner Inc., but the once popular trend of selling Internet access along with online services has pretty much disappeared, Enderle said. "Now AOL is nowhere near the power it once was, and people are shopping for their Internet connection separate from their [online] services. The need to have both [tied] has gone away," he said. Meanwhile, AT&T hasn't helped Yahoo much to combat the rise of Google Inc., Enderle said. "Like anything else, partnerships are formed when there is an advantage and they tend to fall apart when that advantage goes away. Here, the market conditions that created the partnership in the first place have largely evaporated," Enderle said. Asked for comment, AT&T sent a joint statement that says the companies have "the most successful partnership in the industry" thanks in large part to the ongoing dialogue they maintain. "Though it is not appropriate to speculate on future plans, we frequently collaborate on our existing partnership to ensure that we deliver the most innovative broadband experience to our customers now and in the future," the statement reads.