Microsoft Pursues Yahoo! Takeover http://www.thelangreport.com/?p=323... Microsoft targets Yahoo! with $44.6bn bid Microsoft has tabled a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo! after making a friendly approach which was rejected READ MICROSOFT’S STATEMENT to the BOARD...
Microsoft + Facebook - The Next Microsoft Acquisition ? http://thejunction.net/justfacts/2008/05/07/mic... According to sources close to the company - Microsoft’s bankers have been putting out subtle signals to Facebook to see if it would be open to a full buyout of Facebook.Microsoft already invested $240 million, back in October 07 in Facebook, the social-networking site... hence the wacky current $15 billion valuation.No word on what Facebook’s reply was, although Harvard University dropout, 23 year old Facebook CEO and Founder, Mark Zuckerberg has long said he’s not interested in selling the company.Zuckerberg owns a 20 percent share of Facebook, which is now valued at $3 billion. Accel Partners, the venture capital firm that invested $12.7 million in May 2005 and owns 11 percent of Facebook, now holds stock worth $1.65 billion. Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker declined to comment on the report.
Microsoft’s Airball Strategy-$32 B Loss Increasing http://thejunction.net/justfacts/2008/07/09/mic... “airball: The corporate version of a cat hairball. Someone who makes lots of noise, disrupts everything, has the potential to make a big mess - but ultimately does nothing.”¯ To be sure, we are referring to the Microsoft hostile takeover fiasco over Yahoo, urged on by Carl Icahn.
Decision Engine Bing and DecisionCare http://www.decisioncare.org/business/decision-e... Microsoft is calling Bing a Decision Engine, designed to empower people to gain insight and knowledge from the Web, moving more quickly to important decisions
Microsoft Officials Disagree On The Next Xbox http://360blogshots.7dayshootout.com/xbox-360/x... You would think that the top dogs of a major corporation like Microsoft would be able to get their story straight when they talk to the media. Especially when they are talking to the media! So what and when do you think the next Xbox will be coming out? Your guess is apparently as good as the top executives over at Microsoft.
