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Breaking News: Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Bid
Blog As if the Mobile World Congress wasn't enough, Yahoo has finally confirmed the rumours over the weekend that it was planning to reject Microsoft's bid. Breaking news aplenty today. Here's the statement:
[February 11, 2008, 14:04]
Microsoft's Bid For Yahoo Branded 'ridiculous'
News Respected investment manager Joe Rosenberg doesn't think much of Microsoft's unsolicited $42bn (£21bn) bid for Yahoo, nor the financial savvy of its chief executive, Barron's reported in its latest issue.
[February 18, 2008, 8:40]
Compaq Declines To Raise Bid For Proxicom
News Compaq Computer declined to raise its bid for Proxicom on Friday, allowing the Internet services company to proceed with plans to merge with its other suitor, Dimension Data Holdings, a South African tech company.
[May 11, 2001, 16:13]
Oftel May Back Local Loop Bid
News According to reports, Earthlease was in talks with Oftel over its proposed £8bn bid for BT's local loop, which it apparently first put to the telco back in July. Vincent Pickering, head of regulatory affairs at Bulldog Communications, said he was...
[August 2, 2001, 17:22]
Microsoft-Yahoo Bid Attracts Regulatory 'interest'
News Microsoft announced on Friday that it would bid $44.6bn (£22.7bn) for Yahoo. The US Department of Justice has said that it is "interested" in looking at the possible antitrust effects of any deal struck between Microsoft and Yahoo.
[February 4, 2008, 12:03]
Local Loop Bid Set To Resurface
News The Guardian reports that Earthlease will make a formal bid once BT has completed the demerger of O2, its wireless division. Earthlease sources have told The Guardian that -- after recent contact with BT -- it is hopeful that its bid will be...
[September 24, 2001, 15:18]
Yahoo: Microsoft Bid Still Too Low
News Yahoo, responding to a three-week deadline issued by Microsoft for acceptance of its $42.2bn (£21.2bn) takeover bid, again rejected the deal as undervaluing the web pioneer. Ballmer on Saturday set a three-week deadline for Yahoo to agree to its...
[April 8, 2008, 9:02]
Yahoo 'not Opposed' To Microsoft Bid At Right Price
News Yahoo is not opposed to Microsoft's bid for the web media company, as long as it is at the right price, Yahoo's board said on Monday in a letter to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. Yahoo's letter came in response to a three-week deadline...
[April 7, 2008, 12:33]
Justice Staff Shoot Down Oracle Bid
News Antitrust division lawyers at the US Justice Department are recommending that the department file suit to block Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft, indicating that Oracle may face a serious setback in its embattled bid for its rival.
[February 11, 2004, 7:20]
Microsoft, News Corp Plan Joint Yahoo Bid
News News Corp is considering joining Microsoft in a bid for Yahoo which would bring in News Corp's MySpace social networking-site and create a more formidable rival to internet juggernaut Google, newspaper reports said.
[April 10, 2008, 8:17]
Oracle Looks Past 'opportunistic' Bid
News The PeopleSoft bid "was an opportunity we tried to take. With its $7.3bn (£4bn) bid to buy rival PeopleSoft, the company signalled a more serious focus on business applications, which have long played second fiddle to the company's larger database...
[January 28, 2004, 8:40]
Google Tight-lipped On UK Spectrum Bid
News Google has refused to comment on speculation that it might bid for radio spectrum in the UK, after Ofcom announced plans to auction radio frequencies as part of the "digital dividend". It is currently gearing up to bid in a similar auction in the...
[December 14, 2007, 15:16]
Torvalds Loses Linux Trademark Bid
News The move apparently had been initiated by Linux Australia, an open-source advocacy group, as part of a bid to stop local companies from trying to trademark the word "Linux. An attempt by Australia's leading Linux body to register the name "Linux...
[September 17, 2005, 11:35]
BT Plans Trial For Broadband Fixed Wireless Bid
News If this test is successful, BT is likely to bid for licences allowing it to offer commercial services at 28GHz. It's unlikely that BT will bid for a licence this year, however. I certainly wouldn't rule out the chance of us making a serious bid...
[November 7, 2001, 14:28]
Oracle Rules Out Raising Bid
News An Oracle executive said on Wednesday that it's unlikely the company would raise its $7.25bn (£4.56bn) unsolicited bid for rival PeopleSoft before regulators weigh in on the deal, if ever. Questioned during a press briefing at the OracleWorld...
[September 11, 2003, 13:00]
Oracle Makes 'final Bid' For PeopleSoft
News Oracle said on Wednesday that it has increased its cash offer for enterprise software maker PeopleSoft to $26 per share, presenting its rival's shareholders with a $9.4bn (£5.1bn) hostile takeover bid.
[February 4, 2004, 14:15]
Oracle Lowers PeopleSoft Bid
News Oracle said late on Friday that it has lowered its bid to acquire PeopleSoft to $21 a share, saying the reduced bid "reflects changes in market conditions. Oracle's new bid is 21 percent above Friday's $17.30 closing price for PeopleSoft shares...
[May 17, 2004, 8:45]
Microsoft Expected To Raise Yahoo Bid
News The brokerage also raised its price target on Yahoo's stock to $34 from $31, saying it believed Microsoft remained committed to its offer and "is capable of and willing to" increase that bid to conclude the deal.
[March 26, 2008, 7:16]
Standards Expert Defends OOXML Fast-track Bid
News Further defending Ecma's bid to fast-track the ISO approval process, he said the alternative scenario would require national standards bodies to attend monthly ISO meetings. Jan van den Beld, the former secretary general of European standards...
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
Google Stands To Gain Despite Failed US Spectrum Bid
News Google's losing bid for coveted US wireless airwaves may actually prove a victory for the web search leader, as it still stands to get access to mobile networks without spending tens of billions of dollars to build one, analysts have said.
[March 25, 2008, 11:04]
