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[News] The Hubris-infected Microsoft and a Possible Yahoo 'Proxy Job'

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Report: Icahn Will Seek Yang's Removal

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| Billionaire investor Carl Icahn will try to remove Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang 
| as the company's CEO if his proxy battle is successful, The Wall Street 
| Journal reported on Tuesday.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146655/report_icahn_will_seek_yangs_removal.html

Microsoft must have hired that bully to remove the company's founder. People
like him belong in the mafia or a gang somewhere in a third-world nation.

Yahoo! bitchslapped Ballmer's $40 a share offer

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| Documents accuse Yahoo!'s chief executive Jerry Yang of "deep hostility 
| toward Microsoft" and blamed the board for not protecting shareholders from 
| damage caused by that bias. It is also claimed that Yang had previously 
| rejected an advertising and search deal with Google because both areas were 
| too central to Yahoo!'s future business. He restarted talks with Google only 
| in reaction to the Microsoft offer.     
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/yahoo_rejected_earlier_ms_offer/


Recent:

Is Microsoft Aura Fading?

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| Yesterday's early relief rally reversed, and Microsoft's value has now fallen
| by more than $30 billion since it unveiled its bid for Yahoo on February 1.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121004447596669953.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


Microsoft Holders Moody After Yahoo! Reprise

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| Microsoft investors have taken a dim view of the company's proposal for an
| alliance with embattled Yahoo!.
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http://www.thestreet.com/s/microsoft-holders-moody-after-yahoo-reprise/newsanalysis/technology-update/10417408.html?puc=googlen&cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/6bwwfo


Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?

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| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may need an intervention before this obsession 
| with Yahoo–which is really about an obsession over Google–spins out of 
| control.  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8597


Yahoo says Microsoft no longer keen to merge

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| Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday a potential deal with
| Microsoft has tremendous power, but the software giant appears no longer
| interested in a full merger.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSN2844722920080529?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0


Microsoft Profit Drops; Forecast May Miss Estimates

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| The world's biggest software maker said sales of Windows for PCs sank 24 
| percent and revenue from its online advertising unit came in at the low end 
| of its projections. Microsoft's report contrasted with positive comments from 
| chipmaker Intel Corp. and computer company International Business Machines 
| Corp.     
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| Microsoft declined $1.60 to $30.20 in extended trading after closing at 
| $31.80 at 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock has 
| fallen 11 percent this year.  
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQ7_iN1SxJ.c&refer=worldwide


UCLA Professor: Microsoft CEO Ballmer a ‘hubris-infected serial acquirer’ with
dismal track record

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/16916/


Microsoft not bidding to buy Yahoo: CEO Ballmer

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| Microsoft Corp is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo Inc but is in talks
| about other types of deals with the U.S. No. 2 search engine, Microsoft CEO
| Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressReleasesMolt/idUSL2128219120080521
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