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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jemima Kiss

Yacrosoft news round-up

Microsoft may need to borrow for Yahoo deal
Microsoft would have to borrow money for the first time to fund its takeover of Yahoo, the technology giant admitted today. Source: Guardian

Yahoo weighing up talks with Google
Yahoo would consider an alliance with Google as one way of avoiding a takeover by Microsoft, it was reported in the US last night. Source: Guardian

Microhoo has a touch of the Time Warner/AOLs about it
First, why? And second, is it possible to attempt such a trick with ill-matched beasts without sustaining lasting damage or serious fatality? Source: Guardian

Google cries foul over Microsoft's Yahoo bid
Microsoft's $44.6bn bid for Yahoo raises 'troubling questions' about the future of the internet, Google has warned. Source: Guardian

Murdoch, Gates and the advertising battle
Murdoch may have decided to keep charging for WSJ.com, but how long can paywalls for news hold out against the ad onslaught? Source: Guardian

BoomTown decodes Microsoft's letter to Yahoo
Steve Ballmer is channeling Alex Forrest in 'Fatal Attraction'. Source: BoomTown

Yahoo may consider Google alliance, source says
Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft's bid. Source: Reuters

Yahoo! and the future of the internet
Google responds to Microsoft's bid for Yahoo. Source: Google Blog

We may get another Yahoo bidder...
A Valley source is hearing that a major private-equity firm was just days away from making its own bid for Yahoo when the Microsoft bomb hit. Source: Silicon Alley Insider

Yahoo offers an extended 'no comment' response to Microsoft offer
Is time running out for the board? Source: Mashable

Via: Del-icio.us

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