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The Stocks the Funds Are Buying (at Motley Fool)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:28:27 GMT

Microsoft Showcases Channel-Ready Services Hosted by Service Providers at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Private-label distributors Smarthost and groupSPARK deliver choices to the reseller channel by offering hosted services on the Microsoft platform.

U.S. Private Equity Firms Raise $132.7 Billion in 1st Half of 2008, 3% Behind Last Year's Record Pace (PR Newswire)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT

Despite woes in the buyout market, private equity fund-raising continues to hold its ground. In the first six months of 2008, U.S. private equity firms raised $132.7 billion across 185 funds, 3% shy of the $137.2 billion raised by 199 funds during the first half of 2007, according to industry newsletter Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

[$$] Icahn Gains Microsoft as Ally To Oust Yahoo Board (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Microsoft Open to Yahoo Talks Microsoft said it is interested in restarting talks to acquire some or all of Yahoo, but only if the company's board is replaced at next month's annual meeting.

[$$] Icahn Gets Microsoft as Ally To Oust Yahoo Board (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:41:00 GMT

Microsoft Open to Yahoo Talks Microsoft said it is interested in restarting talks to acquire some or all of Yahoo, but only if the company's board is replaced at next month's annual meeting.

[$$] Microsoft Is Open to Talks With a New Yahoo Board (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Microsoft Open to Yahoo Talks Microsoft said it is interested in restarting talks to acquire some or all of Yahoo, but only if the company's board is replaced at next month's annual meeting.

Buyout or Sellout? (at Motley Fool)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:53:06 GMT

Ask.com Completes Acquisition of Lexico - Owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com (PR Newswire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Ask.com , a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC , today announced the completion of the previously announced agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.

Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:09:53 GMT

Yahoo Inc. shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft Corp. has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.

Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:52:13 GMT

Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.

Report: Microsoft may bring allies into attempt to buy Yahoo's search busienss (at bizjournals.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:25:05 GMT

Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:49:23 GMT

Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as the Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.

News Corp. drops plans to sell Ottaway newspapers (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:15 GMT

News Corp. has decided not to sell the community newspapers it acquired as part of its purchase last year of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.

Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset (at Reuters)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:51:14 GMT

AOL?s Platform-A Offers Guaranteed CPM for Bebo and Facebook Application Developers

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

New York, NY ? June 30, 2008 ? AOL?s Platform-A announces that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers a guaranteed CPM for U.S. traffic to their applications. The CPM is one of the industry?s highest for this inventory. Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, is AOL?s advertising business. AOL acquired Bebo, http://www.bebo.com, in May 2008.

The offering is part of the WIDGNET? publisher network launched earlier this year by Platform-A?s Advertising.com. WIDGNET is an offering that allows advertisers to add fresh inventory to their media mix by placing advertising within widgets and similar applications found in the WIDGNET network. Through WIDGNET, Bebo and Facebook application developers will gain access to Platform-A?s vast base of brand and performance advertisers. The guaranteed CPM rates will apply to the first three impressions for each unique U.S. visitor who visits an approved developer?s application.