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Without the Web traffic that Microsoft bet would follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker faces a long slog to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.Since it withdrew a $47.5 ... via KansasCity.com

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Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 May 2008 11:36 AM PST This would certainly shatter the uneasy calm at Yahoo: CNBC is reporting that billionaire investor/gadfly Carl Icahn may launch a proxy fight at Yahoo , and ... via PaidContent.org

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Much has been made about Facebook's $15 billion valuation, but when will it start making some actual profits? Mike Murphy, the social net's VP of media sales, tells USAT that's the question he gets asked most ... via PaidContent.org

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Yahoo agreed to buy closely held Inquisitor to add tools for searching on Apple's Safari Web browser. via SiliconValley.com

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It's not every day a titan of industry eats humble pie - at least not in public. via BusinessWeek

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“We have been talking to Yahoo! and we're very excited to be working with them”

Google has said it will strengthen its relationship with Yahoo!, fuelling recent speculation the two companies will develop an on-going ad-share deal. via Mad.co.uk

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In the clearest sign yet that Microsoft Corp. [ MSFT ] meant what it said when it said it was no longer interested in buying Yahoo! Inc., [ YHOO ], the software company on Thursday released potential proxy ... via Tech Confidential Blog

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“RIM, RBC and Thomson Reuters share the common belief that mobile applications and services will propel the industry forward and the BlackBerry Partners Fund is being formed to help fuel innovation and activity in the mobile ecosystem.”

Yahoo!: RIM, RBC & Thomson Reuters to Anchor a $150 Million BlackBerry Partners Fund Focused on Investing in Mobile Applications and Services "Research In Motion , RBC and Thomson Reuters , today announced ... via Tech Startups

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“The bottom line is that shareholders need some new representation”

Yahoo investors who wanted to accept a Microsoft buyout are not seen as likely to try to oust the board, and instead seem to be channeling their ire through lawsuits and a campaign to turn July's annual meeting ... via Reuters

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“Like many people, I still believe it needs to find its business model -- and it needs to iterate that strategy when it does.”

After things didn't work out with Yahoo, Microsoft said it would go it alone, developing its own Internet path. via TechNewsWorld

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