Now that Microsoft (MSFT) can’t have Yahoo! (YHOO), it does not want anyone else to have the portal. Yahoo! has gone to search rival Google (GOOG) to sell some of its advertising…
Two thousand years from now, when archaeologists dig up the bones of present-day CEOs, they will find that those who were in any way related to their company’s founders had a mutated…
According to Reuters, Pfizer (PFE) may make a counter-bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, the generic drug-maker. Reuters reports that deal talks between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are dead. Yahoo! will do an…
According to Reuters, Pfizer (PFE) may make a counter-bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, the generic drug-maker. Reuters reports that deal talks between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are dead. Yahoo! will do an…
The WSJ has reported that that long-standing rumor of a search advertising deal between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is close to being consummated. Yahoohas concluded talks with Microsoft…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has filed its own proxy materials for its August 1 shareholder meeting, and it is essentially asking shareholders to follow it 100% with no concessions to activist and raider…
Douglas A. McIntyre The top story at WSJ.com today is that Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, heads of Microsoft (MSFT), had a series of fights over control of the company. That was eight years ago.…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, nuclear energy is beginning to make a comeback Reuters reports that Vodafone (VOD) said Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel. Reuters writes that Corporate Express will open…
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) just announced that it has agreed to sell 5,575,000 shares of its common stock in an public secondary offering of its stock. Thomas Weisel Partners is the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Sony’s (SNE) PS3 has not sold as well as the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii. But, the Japanese company has dropped prices and more games are coming out to add…
According to Reuters, domestic car sales took a huge dip in May. Reuters writes that UAL (UAUA) will announce more job cuts and rate cuts. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has set…
Microsoft (MSFT) has cut a deal with HP (HPQ) to put its Live Search into the internet tool bar which ships on the hardware companies PCs in the US and Canada. Redmond…
“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”–Noel Coward When Yahoo! (YHOO) tried to run away from a buy-out offer from Microsoft (MSFT), it…
The time had to come when the share of the Apple (AAPL) Mac OS would begin to spike. There are too many Macs being sold and the growth rate of the Apple…
Kirk Kerkorian may be able to join Carl Icahn as a billionaire who has taken a lot of mad gambles recently. According to Reuters, "Kerkorian’s investment vehicle Tracinda Corp said it would…