AP: Yahoo’s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company’s annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors’ rejection of Microsoft’s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
Takeover talks between Microsoft and Yahoo could begin again after breaking off earlier this year.
Ask people to blurt out their first words about the two presidential candidates and one in five say “change” or “outsider” for Barack Obama and “old” for John McCain, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll.
AP: Yahoo’s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft have reached a dead end and the Internet pioneer’s shares plunged on the news, falling more than 10 percent to finish at $23.52.
AP: n the latest effort to placate restless investors, Yahoo president Sue Decker has laid out plans for building the company’s online advertising , including a deal to sell all the display and video ads on Walmart.com
AP: Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.
AP: The economy has soared past Iraq and other issues as the top problem on peoples’ minds, with majorities from both parties and all income levels saying it’s a huge concern.
AP: Microsoft urged Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer’s board, warning that if a deal wasn’t reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less
Yahoo has formally rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate. The response had been expected after Yahoo’s intentions were leaked over the weekend.
Yahoo Inc.’s board will reject Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.
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