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Friday, May 2, 2008

MicroHoo: Mail Monopoly Part of Yahoo’s Price Holdout

So why is Yahoo’s board holding out for a higher price than Microsoft wants to offer to raise it?

According to sources close to Yahoo, one of the more important reasons Yahoo wants a higher price has a lot to do with worries about the domination of the email and communications market if a merger with Microsoft took place and the threat of regulatory action that would force the companies to divest those assets.

Sources said that Yahoo wants a large cushion in case the government finds the combination of Yahoo Mail and Hotmail too much.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Justice Department Googles Google?

Calling Dick Tracy! Guess what the U.S. Department of Justice noticed yesterday?
Google is really, really big and powerful.
Thus, the Feds are casting a gimlet eye on an online ad partnership Google (GOOG) is considering with Yahoo (YHOO), which is trying to goose its value in the face of an unwelcome takeover bid from the [...]

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Google Earnings Tank the Stock

Which is just what I–the Amazing Kreskin–predicted would happen in a post on Yahoo on Monday.

“At least Yahoo shares, which have remained lackluster, are not likely to be impacted, as the disappointment is already baked in, ” I wrote. “In Google’s case, most are waiting to see if it blows away estimates–which would not [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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