iacinteractivecorp – The Mail & Guardian

/ 5 May 2008

Investors eye Yahoo!’s alternatives to Microsoft

Yahoo! faced growing pressure on Sunday to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft’s ,5-billion takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement on price. Yahoo! shares could fall by more than 30% on Monday over the breakdown of talks.

By Michele Gershberg and Anupreeta Das

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/ 26 April 2008

Google optimistic regulators won’t bar Yahoo!

Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be ”non-exclusive” and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google’s thinking said on Friday. Yahoo! is exploring alternatives to Microsoft’s ,7-billion takeover offer, which the web pioneer has rejected for being too low.

By Anupreeta Das