Microsoft to authorize Yahoo proxy battle: report
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Microsoft Corp  will authorize  a proxy battle for Yahoo Inc  this week to convince the  Web company's shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the  Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York Times' DealBook  blog said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday, though scrutiny of the deal could drag on for months.
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Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) board met by telephone on Friday and discussed strategy for getting Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) to raise its $42 billion offer for the company and the possibility of hiring Google Inc to run Yahoo's search, the Wall Street Journal said.
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Privacy groups are promising a fight before U.S. regulatory agencies if&#160;Microsoft&#39;s offer to buy Yahoo&#160;for $44.6 billion is accepted, and the deal could face significant hurdles in Europe as well.
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Yahoo's  board members are  formally discussing Microsoft Corp's  $42 billion  unsolicited offer for the company and have scheduled an  in-person meeting for next week, the All Things Digital blog  reported on Friday.
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Microsoft Corp will authorize a  proxy battle for Yahoo Inc this week to convince the Web  company's shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the  Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York Times' Dealbook  blog said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft has extended its partnership with Yahoo to deliver sponsored search results on its U.S. and international MSN sites, despite the software maker's recent declarations that it intends to be a major force in the search market.
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Microsoft Corp  has made an  unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion  in cash and stock, seeking to join forces against Google Inc   in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the  Time Warner-AOL merger.
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Yahoo and Microsoft would still be the underdog in the increasingly important business of Web search if Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo is approved by regulators and Yahoo shareholders.
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Web portal signs extension to provide paid searches to Microsoft as it builds its own service. NEW YORK  - Yahoo! Inc. said Thursday it agreed to provide paid search services to Microsoft Corp.
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Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend off&#160;Microsoft&#39;s bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
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Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo&#39;s board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times.
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InfoWorld - Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend offÂ Microsoft's bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
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Yahoo Inc's  board  believes Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited bid of $44.6  billion to acquire Yahoo "massively undervalues" the company  and directors are set to reject the offer, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed source.
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Microsoft Corp made a  bid to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and stock,  seeking to join forces against Google Inc in what would be the  biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger.
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Yahoo Inc.'s board has concluded Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer and plans to reject the unsolicited offer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.
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A combined Yahoo and Microsoft would still be the underdog in the increasingly important business of Web search if Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo is approved by regulators and Yahoo shareholders.