Archive for February, 2008

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February

Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s Bid

Yahoo Inc.’s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s bid to buy the Internet pioneer, The Wall Street Jornal reported on its Web site Saturday.
Board members concluded the unsolicited $44.6 billion offer massively undervalues the Web pioneer, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper.
Here’s Yahoo’s reason it rejected the offer:

1. Yahoo thinks Microsoft […]

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February

WordCamp Dallas

The Wordpress Camp is in Dallas this year. I didn’t expect it to be on March which is quite inconvenient for me.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 9:30 am CT - Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm CT
Frisco, TX
Mark your calendars and plan on being in Frisco, Texas on March 29th & 30th for the […]

01

February

Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday.
The proposed acquisition, the largest ever by Microsoft, would give some relief to Yahoo’s long-suffering shareholders, who have seen the company’s […]