One day after Yahoo reported its Q3 earnings and Yahoo's board unofficially committed to stick with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz for the remainder of her contract, Bartz was interviewed by Fox Business. Search marketers need to focus on maximizing...
Bas van den Beld's column, Yahoo's Split Personality: Let's Help Them Out offers some more backstory on Yahoo's fall since the failed Microsoft bid and Bartz's arrival. Some Yahoo board members reportedly met this week to discuss dumping Bartz due...
Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! Since it was an unsolicited bid, nobody wanted to talk about MicroHoo when they turned up at SES London 2008 two weeks later. Pittman, Director of Product Management, Google, Todd...
Microsoft Adds Maria Klawe to Board of Directors; Announces $0.13 Dividend Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009 Microsoft has added a new member to their Board of Directors. Maria Klawe, Ph.D.president of Harvey Mudd College since 2006, brings...
Board Investor Carl Icahn wasn't happy with Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's generous offer, so he threatened a hostile takeover of his own for the annual shareholders meeting. Carl Icahn Threatens Yahoo with Hostile Takeover of Board, Later Agrees...
The moves were all part of a previously reached agreement by Yahoo and Icahn following months of drama resulting from an unsolicited bid by Microsoft to buy Yahoo. Let the Games Begin: Yahoo and Icahn Make it Official Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug...
So far there have been no fireworks, with only a facetious request that Yahoo Board members punch time cards to prove how long they're working. He noted, "Microsoft's initial $31 bid was the only written proposal ever received by the company.In an...
In the wake of Carl Icahn's declaration that Microsoft would buy a Yahoo run be a different board (and Microsoft's affirmation of the claim), Google CEO Eric Schmidt hasn't changed his position on what should happen with Yahoo.
Once the deal fell through, he expected Yahoo shares to fall back to their pre-Microsoft bid levels of $19-20 per share. Meanwhile, Yahoo investor Eric Jackson is urging other shareholders to vote on a board that would keep 5 of the existing board...
Fifth, to the extent Microsoft does not want to make a proposal, I will ask our new board do a deal on search with Google, but only if it contains termination provisions that would in no way impede a subsequent acquisition by Microsoft.
Microsoft's Ballmer Says Yahoo Bid Was 'Never Strategic'Posted by Nathania JohnsonIn a statement that no one believes, Steve Ballmer said in Moscow today that the bid for Yahoo was 'never strategic. Yahoo Nominates Current Board but Postpones...
It is clear to me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders and Microsoft. During the past week, a number of shareholders have asked me to lead a proxy fight to attempt to remove the current...
The answer is taking on greater importance as more outraged Yahoo shareholders threaten to sue the company's board or try replacing the 10 directors for the way they responded to Microsoft's sweetened offer.
Now that Microsoft finally withdrew their bid for Yahoo, it's a free-for-all for anyone claiming to be an analyst. And then we'll wait and see if that's enough to keep investors happy or bring Microsoft back to meet Yahoo's demands for a higher bid.
Microhoo No More: What the Analysts are SayingPosted by Nathania JohnsonNow that Microsoft finally withdrew their bid for Yahoo, there's a lot of nervousness about what will become of the Sunnyvale search engine among anyone claiming to be an...
Yahoo drank the Google paid search Kool-Aid to fight off Microsoft, leading the Redmond giant to retract its higher bid to acquire the Sunnyvale search engine. Microhoo bid raised aloft; Google-Yahoo Kool-Aid quaffed.
Microsoft Board Meets, Indicates Higher Bid for YahooPosted by Nathania JohnsonLate yesterday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal got word of a Microsoft board meeting. Posted by abbottsysThink about it for a moment.what exactly is Microsoft trying...
Late yesterday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal got word of a Microsoft board meeting. Henry Blodget over at the Silicon Valley Insider got a glimpse of a WSJ story suggesting that MSFT would raise the bid to $32-$33 a share.
Microsoft Hires Lobbyists in Anticipation of Yahoo AcquisitionMicrosoft is preparing for the best in its unsolicited bid for Yahoo. It's Unofficial: Google's a Monopoly (Googolopoly)The best original linkbait we've seen in a while can be found on...
Yahoo to Microsoft: We Already Dumped YouAfter Microsoft issued its ultimatum to Yahoo this weekend, giving them three more weeks before things get ugly, Yahoo's board of directors responded this morning, reminding Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that...
