Most of the financial papers have stories about a big management reorganization at Yahoo!. A number of the top people are already hitting the doors like patrons fleeing a burning theater. According…
According to Reuters, the fuel price increase in China may bolster consumption. Reuters writes that the Fed’s policy on inflation is starting to hurt the housing market. Reuters writes that the Bank…
Nielsen Online has a report out for MAY 2008 data on the top U.S. SEARCH PROVIDERS. As a reminder, this is "US SEARCH" rather than global search. But it shows that Google…
According to Reuters, Staple (SPLS) has received EU approval for a takeover of Corporate Express. Reuters writes that DreamWorks is in conversations with India’s Reliance. The deal would allow top management at…
Apple (AAPL) has agreed to license "visual voicemail" technology from Klausner Technology. The introduction of the new Apple iPhone is unlikely to hurt profits at Research-In-Motion (RIMM), according to Alley Insider. As…
After some deals in Asia overnight, Yahoo! now claims that its search feature is on 600 million phones. According to Reuters, "the mobile advertising market is expected to rise to $16.2 billion…
Microsoft (MSFT) told its employees that it offered Yahoo! (YHOO) $8 billion in cash for 16% of the company and $1 billion to buy its search operations. According to Reuters, "The proposal…
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…