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Google to bid for AOL?

News Google could try to bid for AOL in order to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover and protect the $380m in revenue Google gets from its biggest partner, according to an analyst. We believe it is entirely possible that Google could consider making a bid for...

20 September 2005, 10:14

Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected

News The move had apparently been initiated by Linux Australia, an open-source advocacy group, as part of a bid to stop local companies from trying to trademark the word Linux. An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the name 'Linux' on...

19 September 2005, 8:47

News.blog: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft joint bid

News Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal that Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn offered the night before, which called for a 'complex restructuring' and sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft.

Tags: board, deal, yahoo, financial

14 July 2008, 8:18

Take-Two rejects EA buyout bid

News Electronic Arts revealed it has made an all-cash offer of nearly $2bn (£1bn) to acquire rival publisher Take-Two Interactive. Take-Two's board of directors rejected the proposal, leading Electronic Arts to go public with the deal to inform the...

Tags: sports, value, publisher, theft

25 February 2008, 8:36

News.blog: Yahoo, Time Warner talk partnership

News Yahoo and Time Warner have held talks on a deal designed to thwart Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo has rejected the bid, saying it undervalues the company.

Tags: exchange, deal, board, yahoo

5 March 2008, 9:19

Irate football fans spammed takeover lawyers

News Legal firm Allen & Overy fought off a number of DoS attacks earlier this year when it was negotiating Malcolm Glazer's takeover bid of Manchester United, a company representative has revealed. The fans "mounted a fairly crude attack" in response to...

22 September 2005, 9:24

eBay targets 'hoax' Live 8 bidders

News In accordance with eBay's site rules, once an individual places a bid on an item, it acts as a binding contract and the individual is obliged to honour it," eBay said on Thursday. New eBay members placing multiple malicious bids from accounts...

17 June 2005, 8:48

News.blog: Microhoo deadline passes with no news

News Microsoft doesn't see a reason to bid against itself with no alternative bid having materialised at this point. Given the $31-per-share bid was made when The tech world -- at least the those fascinated by the mating rituals of tribes bickering over...

Tags: share, strategy, yahoo, bid

28 April 2008, 8:57

Telefonica swoops for O2

News A trader in London said O2 shares were likely to rally above 200p on hopes of a counter-bid. Gareth Jenkins, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, also thought the chances of a counter-bid were high. Absolutely," he said, adding that Deutsche Telekom could...

1 November 2005, 8:48

Greenpeace slams Apple over toxic waste

News We sell our products primarily to commercial enterprises, not consumers, and we offer recycling services on a bid basis to any commercial customer with whom we do business. Those bid services do not appear on our Web site, and company Web sites...

30 August 2006, 10:16

Google in copyright wrangle over nude pics

News The search giant is teaming with EarthLink on a bid to offer free wireless Internet access throughout the city. The Google-EarthLink bid was among six presented to the city. A federal judge ruled that portions of Google's popular image search...

27 February 2006, 10:33

Wearable game weaves clues into clothes

News In a bid to help its clothes stand on their own, regardless of how the game element was received, Edoc Laundry also brought in apparel veteran Shane Small. And while Edoc Laundry hopes its customers will buy multiple garments, it's also realistic...

22 February 2006, 9:45

Yahoo passes on Microsoft offer

News Should Microsoft launch a hostile bid for Yahoo, one proxy solicitor said, it's likely that Yahoo will go to the Department of Similar measures were taken by PeopleSoft, which nearly five years ago found itself the takeover target of a hostile bid...

Tags: board, proxy, oracle, cash

11 February 2008, 15:52

Microsoft and Yahoo re-enter talks

News Icahn, a large Yahoo stakeholder, aimed to pressure the search company to restart talks with Microsoft, after the software giant withdrew its unsolicited buyout bid of $33 a share on 3 May. While Microsoft has repeatedly said it has "moved on...

Tags: proxy, deal, continue, advertising

19 May 2008, 10:21

Asus unveils Eee PC SDK

News Asus has released a software-development kit for its Eee PC, in a bid to encourage third-party application development for the popular, low-cost ultraportable. In a Wednesday statement, the Taiwanese manufacturer said the Eee PC software...

Tags: development, linux, kit, environment

28 March 2008, 9:09