Microsoft hot for Yahoo: Is it for real this time?
With the shadow of Google looming over both companies, the New York Post says the software giant wants Yahoo to consider a buyout.
Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal to take over, asking the company to re-enter formal talks, the Post reported on its Web site Friday.
While the two companies have held informal deal talks *www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/236.gif over the years, the latest approach signals a new urgency on Microsoft's part, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.
*www.nypost.com/seven/05042007/business/bills_hard_drive_business_peter_lauria_and_zachery_kouwe.htm
Yahoo shares surged $5, or 17.7 percent, to $33.18 in premarket trading, while shares of Microsoft fell 28 cents to $30.69.
this time it looks real, feels the newyorkpost !
in another development "Microsoft buys Tellme" !
Microsoft said Thursday it has closed its deal to buy voice recognition specialist Tellme Networks.
Tellme CEO Mike McCue remains at Microsoft as head of that unit, working with Zig Serafin, who is the general manager of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group. The company, which reports into Jeff Raikes' business software unit, is remaining in its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Mountain View is also home to Microsoft's existing Silicon Valley offices.
*news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9715480-7.html
in yet another development, Microsoft has announced plans to buy ScreenTonic, a company that specializes in delivering localized ads to mobile devices, for an undisclosed sum... ScreenTonic has worked with Apple, Nokia, and Nike in addition to European telecommunications operators in Belgium, France, and the U.K.
*www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/03/microsoft-buys-screentonic_1.html
With the shadow of Google looming over both companies, the New York Post says the software giant wants Yahoo to consider a buyout.
Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal to take over, asking the company to re-enter formal talks, the Post reported on its Web site Friday.
While the two companies have held informal deal talks *www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/236.gif over the years, the latest approach signals a new urgency on Microsoft's part, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.
*www.nypost.com/seven/05042007/business/bills_hard_drive_business_peter_lauria_and_zachery_kouwe.htm
Yahoo shares surged $5, or 17.7 percent, to $33.18 in premarket trading, while shares of Microsoft fell 28 cents to $30.69.
this time it looks real, feels the newyorkpost !
in another development "Microsoft buys Tellme" !
Microsoft said Thursday it has closed its deal to buy voice recognition specialist Tellme Networks.
Tellme CEO Mike McCue remains at Microsoft as head of that unit, working with Zig Serafin, who is the general manager of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group. The company, which reports into Jeff Raikes' business software unit, is remaining in its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Mountain View is also home to Microsoft's existing Silicon Valley offices.
*news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9715480-7.html
in yet another development, Microsoft has announced plans to buy ScreenTonic, a company that specializes in delivering localized ads to mobile devices, for an undisclosed sum... ScreenTonic has worked with Apple, Nokia, and Nike in addition to European telecommunications operators in Belgium, France, and the U.K.
*www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/03/microsoft-buys-screentonic_1.html
