Microsoft supports Icahn's Yahoo bid -
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Eric Schmidt has waded into the debate about Microsoft s pursuit of Yahoo, saying the world would be "better off" if the group were to remain independent. (article 1)
Allen & Co, the investment bank, is holding its annual conference at Sun Valley, a mountainous resort, and has attracted a stellar line-up of investment managers and power brokers, indicative of the event's pulling power. (article 7)
Yahoo wants to enlist a small army of search start-ups as allies in the hope that collectively they will be able to stop the Google juggernaut, whose share of Web searches keeps growing. (article 5)
Yahoo, in turn, will sell ads on those new search engines; if some grab even small slivers of the search market, Yahoo will share in their success. (article 5)
The Silicon Valley company said Yahoo Search Boss, which stands for Build your Own Search Service, would give third parties access to and greater control over Yahoo's infrastructure and its indexing of the web. (article 4)
" Boss opens up the playing field for developers and companies to disrupt the search market Prabhakar Raghavan said. (article 4)
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Event tracking:
Story keywords
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Yahoo, Microsoft, Search, Icahn, Google |
Source articles
- Google says independent Yahoo better for all (ft.com, 07/11/2008, 498 words)
- Microsoft supports Icahn's Yahoo bid - (baltimoresun.com, 07/12/2008, 467 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 418 words)
- Yahoo in new web search push (ft.com, 07/10/2008, 224 words)
- Yahoo Is Inviting Partners to Build on Its Search Technology (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 688 words)
- Media and tech stars mingle in Sun Valley (ft.com, 07/10/2008, 676 words)
- Sun Valley shindig that deals in more than small potatoes (ft.com, 07/11/2008, 677 words)
- Microsoft news and features (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/11/2008, 241 words)
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