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bloomberg.com - 10/16/2008
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Still Makes Sense, Ballmer Says (Update4)
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Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said a deal with Yahoo! Inc. may still make economic sense for shareholders of both companies, pushing Yahoo stock up 11 percent. While there may be ``continuing opportunities'' to pursue a partnership for ...
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— ycorpblog.com — Your social control panel Posted October 16th, 2008 at 12:00 pm by Jim Stoneham , Yahoo! Communities... Number of Comments 15 Comments / Filed in: Trends & News Yahoo! Profile One of the key dynamics that is re-shaping the Web these days is “social” – ... (more) Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Your ...

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valleywag.com - 10/16/2008
Yahoo to cut 3,500 jobs -- party on! [Leaks]
— valleywag.com — A tipster tells us that Yahoo plans to cut 3,500 jobs, chiefly in sales and finance on... December 10 — while keeping plans for a multimillion-dollar holiday party days before the cuts: I work in the finance org at Yahoo and have learned that the ... (more) Yahoo to cut 3,500 jobs -- party on! [Leaks]

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Wired: Epicenter:  Ballmer Talks Up Yahoo Again, Yahoo Stock Surges

The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog:  UPDATE 2: Ballmer says "perhaps" another Yahoo deal, but official line is "no"

Gawker: valleywag:  Oh, I dunno, maybe we might buy Yahoo after all, or not [Microsoft]

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Ballmer Talks Up Yahoo Again, Yahoo Stock Surges
Wired: Epicenter — View the full YHOO chart at Wikinvest Steve Ballmer said today that a Microsoft/Yahoo deal would still "make sense economically" for both companies shareholders, sending shares of Yahoo up 13%. Ballmer was delivering a ...

UPDATE 2: Ballmer says "perhaps" another Yahoo deal, but official line is "no"
The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog — ... But is Ballmer talking about partnering with Yahoo's search business, not buying the whole company, even though it seems like a relative bargain? Bloomberg's report says he's talking about a search deal, although he also said that an outright purchase would "still make sense economically," according to ...

Oh, I dunno, maybe we might buy Yahoo after all, or not [Microsoft]
Gawker: valleywag — ... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, after he and his underlings spent months saying they'd moved on from the notion of buying Yahoo, says that a deal still makes "economic sense." Yahoo's stock leapt 17 percent, though it wasn't clear from his remarks, made at a Gartner conference in Florida, whether he was talking about a search partnership or a full acquisition. Either way, Ballmer: Make up your frickin' mind. There are ...

Yahoo Stock Bolstered By Microsoft CEO's Comments
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... had surged 12% by 3:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, a rise that Bloomberg News attributes to comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer expressing interest in a Yahoo acquisition. According to Bloomberg News , Ballmer, at a Gartner conference in Orlando, Fla., said there may be "continuing opportunities" for a search partnership with Yahoo, even as he noted there are no discussions between the two companies at the moment. In an effort to clarify Ballmer's remarks, Microsoft ...

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