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Stocks head for lower open
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street headed for a lower open Monday, with investors downbeat about Microsoft Corp. withdrawing its bid for Yahoo Inc. over the weekend. Microsoft had offered $42.3 billion to buy Yahoo Inc., but scrapped the bid late Saturday after the software maker and the Internet provider could not agree on a sale price. The failed deal came as a disappointment to Wall Street, as ...
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Stocks set to fall in wake of failed Microsoft-Yahoo deal
How low can Yahoo go, and how far will the stock drag down the rest of the market? Stocks were poised to fall this morning amid pessimism over Microsoft's withdrawn bid for Yahoo, according to the Associated Press.
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Ballmer's withdrawal letter to Yang
The full text of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang concerning Microsoft's withdrawal of its acquisition bid follows below: May 3, 2008 Mr. Jerry Yang CEO and Chief Yahoo Yahoo Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Dear Jerry: After over three months, we have reached the conclusion of the process regarding a possible combination of Microsoft and Yahoo. ...
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Bandwagon, me? It's more fun on the train
Pudding at Euston, breakfast at Fort William. That's a breath of fresh air Sleeper-trains are, in the parlance of the internet, an EPIC WIN on all fronts. Blah blah blah saving the planet, of course.
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Greyhound buses get a makeover
The American coach trip is going upmarket. Hippies are out, laptop-wielding yuppies are in
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Yahoo Next Steps: Google Deal, AOL Purchase & Pleasing Investors
The question of the day seems to be how low will Yahoo go when the US stock market opens later today. Even I, optimistic about Yahoo's chances on its own, don't expect it to rise. But maybe the latest blog spin from Yahoo, along with formal news of a deal with Google, will help slow the expected drop. More on that below. And by the way, how come no one's talking about how Microsoft's stock is ...
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Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion. Microsoft's offer was for $33 a share but Yahoo would not lower its demand below $37, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.
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Microsoft gives up Yahoo pursuit
Microsoft has dropped its three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo, losing round one of one of its quest to take on Google in the online space.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Oops another top secret exposed
A man looking for a new home on an online mapping service has stumbled across an aerial image of a US nuclear-powered submarine in dry dock showing a part of the vessel that wasn't meant to be seen.
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Google Takes Down Open-source Project After DMCA Complaint
Google has removed an open-source project that enables the proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 00:52 UTC
GNOME 2.13.3 has been released . As with the Linux kernel, odd-numbered releases are developmental releases; meaning that 2.13 is the developmental branch for 2.14. You can compile it using these jhbuild modulesets.
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Ballmer Walks, Yang Talks, No Yahoo Buy
Microsoft announced it will abandon its attempt to acquire Yahoo after negotiations failed to hammer out an agreeable price per share. read more
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Bumpy ride ahead for Yahoo
The company's shares are expected to plunge today, as investors punish it for pushing away Microsoft. The company's shares are expected to plunge today, as investors punish it for pushing away Microsoft
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Praises Web 2.0 Conference
Alternative Channel, the international online media company, invites Nobel Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú and thought leaders from the corporate sector and civil society to a conference on Social Networking and Responsible Media (PRWeb May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Alternative_Channel/online_media/prweb913634.htm
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7 a.m.: Microsoft sends stocks to lower opening
NEW YORK — Wall Street headed for a lower open Monday, with investors downbeat about Microsoft Corp. withdrawing its bid for Yahoo Inc. over the weekend.
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X marks the spot: Xobni launches e-mail organizer for Outlook
Xobni, the San Francisco company that offers a way to better organize your email from Outlook, is launching publicly with its test version. Its key feature is a sidebar in your inbox that shows you profiles of the people you’re corresponding with.
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Infinite to acquire US-based VAS firm
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Infinite Computer Solutions is closing on a deal with a US company to acquire its product in the telecom value-added space. The company is a provider of IT and ITeS solutions with a strong focus on telecom domain. The deal is valued in the range of $10-15 million a...
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Source: www.ciol.com
ChennaiOnline (COL) IT news portal provides latest Information Technology news, information on IT Industry, products & companies, computer technology news and analysis of Information Technology enterprise in India & its effect on global information technology (IT) industry & IT enterprise services
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Afghanistan: Government Workers Arrested In Plot To Kill Karzai
Authorities in Kabul have arrested two Afghan government workers for alleged involvement in last week's failed plot to kill President Hamid Karzai. Despite the arrests, however, Afghanistan's intelligence chief continues to insist the attack was plotted by Al-Qaeda-linked militants in neighboring Pakistan.
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Yahoo! shares to fall sharply after rejecting Microsoft
Yahoo! shares are expected to fall sharply when Wall Street opens this morning after the online giant rejected an improved offer from Microsoft over the weekend.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Aug 2006 17:05 UTC
A spokesperson for the One Laptop Per Child program revealed July 31 that the countries of Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have each committed to buy 1 million Linux laptops through the US-based program.
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Music blogs: The new wall of sound
They've been around almost as long as the Web, but lately they've made stunning gains in influence. Are they the new music labels?
CNET |
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The FCC Wireless Spectrum Auction: Looking Back
The Federal Communications Commission had a very good first quarter: The government agency raised close to $20 billion by selling off slices of wireless bandwidth to a variety of companies. As the auction process fades into history, a few questions remain: What impact will the sale have on the wireless market? What might the FCC's next step be?
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A Tale of Two Steves
I'm writing this from the Microsoft Management Summit at Interop with 5,000 of my closest friends in Las Vegas, and I'm still thinking about the book I brought up recently, titled Inside Steve's Brain. The result is, I think I've had an epiphany -- and no, I didn't call a doctor.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Study Shows Smaller Number Of Younger Girls Are Not Getting The HPV Vaccine
Although the HPV vaccine is approved for girls starting at 9 years old, a new study indicates many U.S. mothers aren't inclined to give the shot to girls that young.
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