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Microsoft eyes Yahoo to topple Google
Feb 2 2008 8:05AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
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A Yahoo buyout could cut 2 AOL bidders
Feb 2 2008 1:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Time Warner Inc. has been trying to figure out what to do with its struggling AOL unit for a few years now. A potential combination of Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. could put even more pressure on the media conglomerate to take action.
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Microsoft-Yahoo combo could reshape Web
Feb 2 2008 1:34AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could reshape the Internet landscape for millions of Web users: Would the two companies join their online portals? Could they rethink the desktop computer to integrate Web content more directly?
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US, EU unlikely to stop Microsoft deal
Feb 2 2008 1:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - 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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Motorola shares soar on possible breakup
Feb 2 2008 1:23AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day _ and sent its battered stock soaring 10.3 percent Friday _ after the company signaled it may get out of its trademark cell-phone business.
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Amazon's hot new item: its data center
Feb 2 2008 1:12AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com Inc. expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors start selling things alongside its own inventory in 2000, they said Amazon had gone nuts.
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