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Microsoft-Yahoo $20 Billion Search Deal Hogwash - Levinsohn
alleyinsider.com - 11/30/2008
Microsoft-Yahoo $20 Billion Search Deal Hogwash - Levinsohn
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The Times of London reports the details of an intricate pending Microsoft-Yahoo deal, in which Microsoft would buy Yahoo's search business for $20 billion and install Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn to run the company. The concept sounds reasonable (Microsoft buying Yahoo search), but the price ...

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Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk:  Sunday Times story on Microsoft/Yahoo deal is 'total fiction' says All Things Digital

business.timesonline.co.uk - 11/30/2008
Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
— business.timesonline.co.uk — SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo s online search business for $20 billion ( 13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of ... (more) Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal

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kara.allthingsd.com - 11/30/2008
“Total Fiction”: There Is No $20 Billion Microsoft Deal To Buy Yahoo Search
— kara.allthingsd.com — A report in the Times of London in Microsoft would buy Yahoo’s search business in a convoluted $20 billion deal that would include well-known Internet execs Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn, is–in the words of one key ... (more) “Total Fiction”: There Is No $20 Billion Microsoft Deal ...

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online.wsj.com - 12/2/2008
Former AOL Chief Seeks Funds for Yahoo Deal
— online.wsj.com — Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to purchase a portion or all of Yahoo Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Miller has been talking to private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds for ... (more) Former AOL Chief Seeks Funds for Yahoo Deal

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Sunday Times story on Microsoft/Yahoo deal is 'total fiction' says All Things Digital
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... a former president of Fox Interactive Media, have been lined up to lead the new management team. However, Levinsohn has told Swisher it's "total fiction" and "the first time Levinsohn has heard of the plan, he said. Sources at Microsoft and Yahoo also said there was no deal like that in the making at this point in time." VentureBeat also says: "We've reached out to Levinsohn who says of the Times Online report: 'No truth to it. News to us'." Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget is going with: Microsoft-Yahoo $20 Billion Search Deal Hogwash ...

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