Steve Ballmer Ordered to Testify on Vista Capable Label

Nov 24, 08 Steve Ballmer Ordered to Testify on Vista Capable Label

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Steve Ballmer has been ordered to testify in the “Vista Capable” class action suit. In September Ballmer tried to get out of exactly this by claiming that he had no direct involvement in Microsoft’s marketing campaign for the operating system. But papers submitted to the court last week said that Intel chief executive Paul...

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Rupert Murdoch May Join Microsoft On Bid For Yahoo

Apr 10, 08 Rupert Murdoch May Join Microsoft On Bid For Yahoo

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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions. The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft’s MSN and News Corporation’s MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape. The talks are a...

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Microsoft Hostile Bid, But Yahoo Stands Firm

Apr 07, 08 Microsoft Hostile Bid, But Yahoo Stands Firm

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Yahoo’s board of directors got a letter from Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer over the weekend about Yahoo’s slow response to Microsoft’s proposed takeover bid. No yellow smiley face punctuated the end of it, judging from its tone. The letter, dated April 5, laid out the makings of a hostile takeover of...

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