Microsoft sets a 3week deadline for Yahoo to respond to offer
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SEATTLE — Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer’s board Saturday, and ratcheted up the pressure by warning that if a deal wasn’t reached by April 26 the software maker would launch [...]
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline on offer
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SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. sent a letter to the Yahoo Board of Directors Saturday setting a three-week deadline for moving forward on its more than $40 billion buyout offer.The letter signed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft will take its case directly to Yahoo shareholders [...]
Clarification Faster Internet story
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NEW YORK — In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also [...]
Clarification Faster Internet story
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NEW YORK — In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also [...]
Googles click rate stalls
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SAN FRANCISCONew data confirming slowing growth in Google Inc.’s paid clicks renewed debate yesterday on Wall Street over whether the Internet search company’s revenue can quickly adjust to changes it made in how it generates clicks. Citing data that comScore Inc. released [...]
LeBron James’s Olympic Cheat Sheet Is Growing: Scott Soshnick
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LeBron James can jam. We’ll soon know if he can cram.
Almost a year ago the National Basketball Association star and Vogue magazine cover boy was invited to join professional athletes in signing an open letter to the Chinese government. The letter, penned by James’s former teammate, Ira Newble, urged China to pressure Sudan, a major [...]
What you need to know about Microsoft’s proposed takeover
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Does a Microsoft-Yahoo deal make sense? Probably. As separate companies, Microsoft and Yahoo duplicate systems and staff. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a merger could save $1 billion annually. According to industry observers, the time is right because Yahoo’s stock is down, and the company hasn’t improved its results even after co-founder Jerry Yang took [...]
Jaguar Mining Loss Widens On Charges Despite Jump In Sales
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Monday evening, Jaguar Mining Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter, reporting a wider loss from last year on charges and higher cash operating cost, despite a 137% jump in quarterly sales. The strengthening of the Brazilian Real against the US dollar also significantly impacted the company’s reported operating costs for both periods.
The Concord, [...]
Inside Internet Explorer 8
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NEW YORK: Many people now create and share content on the Internet or blend services from various sites in their daily tasks, reflecting the medium’s clear evolution from a place for simply consuming websites.
The upcoming version of Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer, version 8, embraces those trends by adding an “Activities” feature that makes all that [...]
Yahoo releases rosy forecast
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SAN FRANCISCOYahoo Inc. has released a rosy outlook for the next two years, hoping to give investors a better understanding why the slumping Internet pioneer isnt willing to sell to Microsoft Corp. for less than $45 billion (dollar figures U.S.). Analysts interpreted the [...]