You have to think that adding 4% search market share all at once has crossed Steve Ballmer's mind. A source familiar with the matter said there are currently no talks about an Ask.com acquisition or spinoff.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today drew back the curtain on the new incarnation of Live Search: Bing. Speaking at the D7 Conference in San Diego, Ballmer launched Microsoft's new Search brand, formerly code-named "Kumo.
Interestingly Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer still is interested in the acquisition, though you would need a dance card to keep track of who is for or against the merger/buyout. Yahoo disclosed in a SEC filing Friday that they spent $79 million to...
turned the initial offer down, endured an "ultimatum" from Steve Ballmer, was rumored to have rejected an increased offer of $33 a share, and neglected to negotiate selling off just the search portion of Yahoo!
But Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, is saying: Not so fast. Ballmer has said time and again that Microsoft has moved on from the possibility of returning to the good ol' days of negotiating a Yahoo! No matter how much Ballmer would like the...
When Microsoft has a corporate all-hands meeting, Steve Ballmer's passion and excitement is tangible. Sure, we can second-guess the Microsoft acquisition and argue (as I have many times) that the deal simply came down a battle of egos, but that's...
Ballmer Says No to Yahoo Acquisition, Maybe to Search Deal Posted by Nathania Johnson Nov 7, 2008 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has responded to Jerry Yang's comments about being open to a Microsoft acquisition.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has responded to Jerry Yang's comments about being open to a Microsoft acquisition. So, whether Ballmer is truly saying no or simply just waiting to see if Yahoo's stock drops so low that Microsoft becomes the JP Morgan...
During the past week I have spoken frequently with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. Microsoft's Ballmer has been talking to Carl Icahn, who has put together a proxy board to take over Yahoo. Steve made it abundantly clear that, due to his...
Below is the text of the letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! In a letter to Jerry Yang (full text below), Steve Ballmer cited Yahoo's intention to outsource search as the primary reason he decided to scotch the deal.
After that point, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said the gloves will come off, and Microsoft will take its case directly to shareholders in a proxy fight. Ballmer already began minimizing the importance of Yahoo's earnings before they were even...
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...
This can be seen as Yahoo thumbing its nose at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who basically implied in his ultimatum letter last weekend that Yahoo had no other options than to take Microsoft's offer. They have been discussing such an arrangement as...
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...
On Saturday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a following letter to Yahoo's Board of Directors, outlining Microsoft's displeasure with Yahoo dragging its feet for the past few weeks instead of jumping into Microsoft's arms.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO said in a statement: "We have great respect for Yahoo! After the jump, Ballmer's letter to Yahoo board members. Ballmer Ballmer Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player who is consolidating its...
Now Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets to swing at the same question in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. Ballmer On Google And Don't Be Evil: Laugh & No Comment YouTube Dominant In Video Search, Now an Acquisition Target?
Microsoft: Back To The "Early Days Of Search" Songbook - "Microsoft's Ballmer boasts of search engine progress" from the Associated Press gives us an update from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, out of this week's MSN Strategic Account Summit, on how...
Ballmer defends Microsoft's spending increase from the Seattle Times covers a likely leaked memo from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer naming Google as one of the company's chief competitors and requiring further "heavy investments" in search.
Ballmer: We'll Catch Google In Relevancy In 6 Months - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says "in the next six months, we'll catch Google in terms of relevancy. Of course, online merchants might more likely look to doing something like revenue sharing or...
