DealBook: Proxy Fight Looms for Yahoo
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Microsoft will wage a proxy fight to oust Yahooâs directors, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
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Microsoft Corp. is getting ready to take its bid for Yahoo right to the Web portal's shareholders, even as analysts wait for a higher offer.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  is  in talks to combine MySpace and other Internet properties with  Yahoo Inc  to fend off Microsoft Corp's  $42.1  billion bid, according to several reports.
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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! makes alliances to fend off Google.
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UNDATED The Wall Street Journal reports PeopleSoft is getting ready for a proxy fight at its annual meeting next spring over the Oracle takeover bid.
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Microsoft Corp made a  bid 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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Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
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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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Jerry Yang faces enormous pressure as he decides whether to try to rescue the company from Microsoft, or accept the bid and watch Yahoo become part of Microsoftâs arsenal in its no-holds-barred brawl with Google.
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In an escalation of its fight for Yahoo, Microsoft will authorize a proxy fight this week, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
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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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Duel over Yahoo sets off a policy and public-relations battle between corporate rivals.
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Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend off&#160;Microsoft&#39;s bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
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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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Jerry Yang faces pressure as he decides whether to try to rescue the company from Microsoft, or accept its bid to purchase Yahoo.
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Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo&#39;s board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times.