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Spurned by Yahoo!, Microsoft may buy Asian firms -- analyst
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| Don't count out Microsoft yet. The software giant may decide to go local and
| buy companies possibly in the Asia Pacific region, according to analyst Ovum.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080507-135160/Spurned-by-Yahoo-Microsoft-may-buy-Asian-firms----analyst
William brainfart didn't rule out further acquisitions and Microsoft's intl' GM
insists that it's goodbye for good (maybe, maybe not).
Bill Gates: Microsoft going 'independent' way
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says the company isn't pursuing other deals
| following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo.
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWk87zQyIRuTKOKLVn_0JAP23iYQD90GNAT00
Recent:
Data: Cash balances at large tech companies
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| Microsoft has reduced its legendary cash balance by tens of billions
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| of dollars in recent years through a series of buybacks, dividends and
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| acquisitions. The importance of cash was evident in the Microsoft-Yahoo saga:
| Had the Redmond company succeeded in the proposed $44.6 billion acquisition,
| it would have needed to borrow money for the first time in its history to
| fund the deal.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/138129.asp?source=rss
Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver
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| I can’t help but wonder if the lackluster Windows/Office results also can be
| attributed to Microsoft brass’s complete and crazy obsession with Google (and
| taking over Yahoo) has resulted in no one minding the Windows store. Kevin
| Johnson, the head of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services division seems to be so
| laser-focused on the online-ad business these days that he almost seems to
| have forgotten Microsoft is still in the software business, too.
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| Microsoft execs’ claims about walking away from the Yahoo deal are nothing
| more than bluster. A protracted hostile takeover bid is just going to
| distract not just employees in Microsoft’s online services business, but
| company management, too. It’s not a pretty picture.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1362
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Microsoft's SEC:
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
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