Yahoo rejects Microsoft approach
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Yahoo rejects a takeover bid of more than $40bn from computer software giant Microsoft saying it is too low.
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Yahoo Inc is set to reject Microsoft Corp's unsolicited bid, now worth $42 billion, as too low, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday -- the first clear signal the board might be prepared to negotiate and sell the Internet media giant.
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Microsoft is not privately haggling with Yahoo over the software maker's rejected $31-per-share buyout offer for the slumping Internet pioneer, Bill Gates said in an interview.
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Microsoft Corp will authorize a proxy  battle for Yahoo Inc this week to convince the Web company's  shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the Yahoo board  so far has rejected, the New York Times' DealBook blog said on  Tuesday.
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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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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc  is  reportedly in talks with News Corp  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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Yahoo Inc's  board  believes Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited bid of $44.6  billion to acquire Yahoo "massively undervalues" the company  and directors are set to reject the offer, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed source.
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Yahoo Inc  is set to reject  Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited bid, now worth $42  billion, as too low, a source familiar with the situation told  Reuters on Saturday -- the first clear signal the board might  be prepared to negotiate and sell the Internet media giant.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rebuffed&#160;Google&#39;s accusations&#160;that an acquisition of Yahoo would be anticompetitive.
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Yahoo Inc. shareholders voted down a proposal that would have forced management to adopt stronger policies regarding government attempts to limit Internet access and to curtail freedom of speech in countries where Yahoo operates.
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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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Microsoft Corp  will authorize  a proxy battle for Yahoo Inc  this week to convince the  Web company's shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the  Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York Times' DealBook  blog said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp will authorize a proxy battle for Yahoo Inc this week to convince the Web company's shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York Times' Dealbook blog said on Tuesday.
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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.
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CEO Jerry Yang explains to shareholders why Yahoo rejected Microsoft's acquisition bid.
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Yahoo's board still has not idea what to do about Microsoft offer, one week after it was proposed, according to a report.
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SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO  - 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.