Yahoo calls Microsoft's actions `stupefying'
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SEATTLE Microsoft Corp. said today its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but the company offered a soft outlook for the current quarter. (article 2)
Earnings for the three months ended June 30 rose to $4.3 billion, or 46 cents per share, missing Wall Street's expectations by a penny per share. (article 2)
Investigators are planning to demand documents not only from Google and Yahoo, but also from other large companies in the Internet and media industries, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. (article 7)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo Inc. sent a letter to shareholders Thursday in which it called Microsoft Corp.'s actions in its dance to acquire all or part of the Internet company " stupefying. (article 3)
The letter from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and Chief Executive Jerry Yang also hammered investor Carl Icahn, Microsoft's partner in the latest acquisition offer, for his lack of knowledge about the Internet business. (article 3)
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch said just last week that a deal between his company which owns the popular MySpace online social network and Yahoo was " very unlikely. (article 4)
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Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Icahn, billion |
Source articles
- Microsoft profit outlook misses view, shares fall (Washington Post, 07/17/2008, 335 words)
- Microsoft profit jumps 42% (L.A. Times, 07/17/2008, 460 words)
- Yahoo calls Microsoft's actions `stupefying' (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 476 words)
- Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source (msnbc.msn.com, 07/17/2008, 520 words)
- Microsoft news and features (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 239 words)
- Yahoo CEO allegedly admitted deal with Google would reduce competition (L.A. Times, 07/15/2008, 510 words)
- Google Ad Deal Is Under Scrutiny (Washington Post, 07/17/2008, 360 words)
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 07/17/2008, 272 words)
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