Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. 25 Jul 2008
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Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring. 25 Jul 2008
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Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster 2Q With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look. 23 Jul 2008
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Microsoft 4Q profit jumps 42 percent Microsoft Corp. says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent from a year ago. It was helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software. 23 Jul 2008
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Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp. 21 Jul 2008
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Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. 13 Jul 2008
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Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising. 10 Jul 2008
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Microsoft backs Icahn's bid to oust Yahoo board Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. 08 Jul 2008
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Google grows stronger in Microsoft-Yahoo fallout Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. appears to have culminated with a disheartening thud for those two companies but amounted to yet another coup for online search leader Google Inc. 15 Jun 2008
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Microsoft signs search distribution deal with HP In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January. 02 Jun 2008
