Microsoft launches $44.6bn takeover bid for Yahoo
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Software giant makes bid in an attempt to challenge growing might of Google
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InfoWorld - Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.
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Microsoft said Friday it had offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars (30.0 billion euros) in a bid to take on Google in the crucial battle for online revenues.
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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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Confirming weekend rumors, Yahoo rejected on Monday Microsoft's US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock offer, saying th...
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Yahoo!'s board weighs its options for responding to Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer.
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Microsoft made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Internet portal Yahoo Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp   offered to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion, in a bold  bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy  competitor for market leader Google Inc .
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Microsoft today offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp offered to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, in a bold bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy competitor for market leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp  said on Monday  it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a  portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc  .
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Yahoo said Monday that the board of directors, in consultation with financial and legal advisors, has concluded that Microsoft's US$44.6 billion [b] bid for the company is not in its best interests.
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Yahooâs board decided that Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues Yahoo, people involved in the discussions said.
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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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Yahoo Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate
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Yahoo&#39;s Chairman Roy Bostock is leading a group of the company&#39;s board members in favor of accepting&#160;Microsoft&#39;s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid,&#160;according to a new report.
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The key to Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion acquisition of Yahoo is both companies' desire to build an advertising platform that can compete with Google's AdWords.