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What Microsoft will do next
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| The question for Microsoft now is, can MSN battle Google with the team and
| the audience it has or does it remain an also-ran. You will see Microsoft
| make a move within MSN to catch its competition - it has to. But it needs to
| be at a pace that will allow the software giant to catch up, and fast.
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http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/13/what-microsoft-will-do-next/
Icahn wades into Yahoo-Microsoft battle
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| The billionaire investor Carl Icahn has begun building up a stake in Yahoo,
| emerging as the man most likely to lead a challenge to the internet company's
| decision to spurn a $46bn takeover offer from Microsoft.
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| It was unclear last night if any of Yahoo's major shareholders would support
| a proxy vote. It was also not clear that Microsoft would return to
| negotiations even if a new Yahoo board wanted it to.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/icahn-wades-into-yahoomicrosoft-battle-827767.html
Some say that the bid is likely back on, but who didn't see that coming,
assuming these reports are not sensationalist?
Recent:
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway
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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed
| amount of credit.
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| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover. Giving away
| software is the last thing it would want to do in these circumstances, and
| the DreamSpark announcement shows just how worried it is about the future.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway
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