From Silicon Alley Insider, June 13, 2008:As of last weekend, Yahoo (YHOO) had two deals on the table: A
Microsoft (MSFT) search deal and a Google (GOOG) search deal. Yahoo
chose the Google deal. After speaking with a person familiar with
Microsoft’s t
From Silicon Alley Insider, June 13, 2008:Apple’s (AAPL) explanation of why Steve Jobs looked thin and wan at
WWDC on Monday has not put to rest concerns that he’s suffering from
something more serious than a “common bug.” Apple’s stock has be
News that the Microsoft-Yahoo talks fizzled without a deal raises a number of questions, among them where Steve Ballmer will steer his company next.Clearly, Ballmer doesn’t come out of this unscathed. …
The selloff in Yahoo shares resumed Friday following yesterday’s news that talks with Microsoft are kaput and the Google outsourcing deal is on.Earlier, Henry explained why he thinks the Google deal is actually good for Yahoo, but he’s obviously in the mi
From Silicon Alley Insider, June 13, 2008:Enough with the trendy Yahoo bashing (YHOO). This is actually a
smart deal–way better than the wacky chop-shop plan Microsoft proposed
(Microsoft offered to buy 16% of Yahoo for $35? So what? What good does
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Once upon a time, what happened on Wall Street didn’t matter much to the folks on Main Street, and vice versa. But those days are long gone, as I discuss in the accompanying video with Dennis Berman, The WSJ’s Global Deals Editor.This decade, particularly
NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson is going to need to do some fancy talking today when his firm hosts a meeting with analysts in New York. After a big pop following its December IPO, NetSuite shares have mainly been in retreat.Investors have been
Lehman shares were battered again on news of its executive shakeup and KeyCorp plummeted after slashing its dividend, but the financial sector overall was a winner Thursday. …