Microsoft and Yahoo! sites compared: a quick look at the numbers

With all the talk about Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Yahoo!, and with a little help from Nielsen Online, we thought we’d make a quick comparison of some of the main features of both services.  ... Read more »

Yahoo! responds to Ballmer, believes offer is too low

In response to a letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors on Saturday, Jerry Yang and the Board responded this morning with a letter of their own, again rejecting the Microsoft offer as too ... Read more »

The Gig’s up: MSFT to YHOO: 3 weeks or we come and get you

Where there’s smoke, there’s bound to be fire, and yesterday’s leaked warning shots across Jerry Yang’s bow resulted in a letter today from Steve Ballmer to Yahoo!, saying in effect: take the offer we ... Read more »

What will Jerry Yang do when Microsoft buys Yahoo!?: 5 questions on the eve of the acquisition

Microsoft made a $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo! on February 1, 2008, and since then we’ve been waiting to see what happens next.  While nothing officially has been announced, there is speculation that ... Read more »

Yahoo! continues to stall: a quick recap

The latest from Yahoo! was an SEC filing on March 18 recapping a  December 2007 financial plan presented to the board of directors describing Yahoo! lofty goals.  In the presentation, Yahoo! takes pains to ... Read more »

Musings on MSFT-YHOO

I keep dropping stuff in both the NewsGator Clippings folder and del.icio.us on our MSFT-YHOO page, but since Dare was kind enough to work up a chart I was just thinking about, I thought ... Read more »

MSFT-YHOO: Why this deal makes sense for Microsoft

As Microsoft and Yahoo! continue to entertain us with what is becoming great high theatre, we’ve been hearing a couple of themes repeated over and over by the bloggers and journalists.  First, that this ... Read more »

Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!

Just now Yahoo! posted the following Press Release: Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo! SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, ... Read more »

Yahoo!’s No, a real No or a polite way to ask for a little more money?

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington is reporting that Yahoo! is going to reject Microsoft’s offer on Monday. But will this No be a definite No or is it a polite way to ask for ... Read more »

MSFT-YHOO: Yahoo to decide its fate today?

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Yahoo! is holding a special board of directors meeting "to determine, effectively, the fate of the company". No one has stepped up to save Yahoo! from Microsoft, ... Read more »