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• Hostile Takeover of Yahoo, by Microsoft!

  Published: February 2, 2008, 3:54 pm

  Tags: Ballmer, Google, Hostile Takeover, Internet, Merger, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Opinions, Takeover, Tech Industry

  It's been two years of grueling on-and-off negotiations, with Microsoft's current offer to Yahoo standing at USD$44.6 billion (USD$31 per share.) It's just another attempt in Microsoft's plans to oust Google as the...read more

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• Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

  Published: February 3, 2008, 4:10 am

  Tags: Dezzi S Posts, Economy, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Iran, Obama, Other Stuff, Religion, Snark Amp Amp Sass, Morals, Politics, Random Thoughts, Video, Dizzy S Ten Post Round Up, Random Goodies, Random News, Wesley, Snipes Jury, Acquits, Snipes, Sacked Hostile, Commenters

  I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself. Today, is Super Bowl Sunday; the day when all the most funny commercials premiere on television! I can’t wait to watch them. Oh…oh…oh…and the wardrobe malfunctions! There’s another reason to watch the Superbowl? That’s right: The half-time show! There’s

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• Interweb Overlords Of The Near Future

  Published: February 7, 2008, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Internet, Hostile Takeover, Marketing

  the apparent hostile takeover of Yahoo! well underway, Microsoft has launched itself in attack dog mode, which is a change of pace from its normal “don’t hit me with a monopoly suit” mode. If you haven’t been reading or watching any news lately, wake up and smell the coffee. The big three, Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft

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• Blockbuster offers to buy, um, Circuit City: digital downloads be damned!

  Published: April 14, 2008, 7:20 am

  Tags: Acquisition, Blockbuster, Circuit City, Circuitcity, Hostile Takeover, Hostiletakeover, Takeover

  Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Video Huh? Blockbuster just made public its February 17th offer to purchase Circuit City for $6 to $8 per share. As of this morning, Circuit city has not provided the requested due diligence necessary to move the deal forward. As such, Blockbuster is pulling a Microsoft and making the proposal public in hopes

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• Barack Obama Visited The Fox News! [Cool Customers]

  Published: April 28, 2008, 1:10 pm

  Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Campaign, Chris Wallace, Conservatives, Cool Customers, Democrats, Fox News, Hostile Audiences, Patriotism, Republicans, Strategy

  As promised, Barack Obama singlehandedly defeated a squadron of Fox News anchors at a game of pickup basketball and then he healed the lepers by touching them and sat down for a little chat with Chris Wallace on Sunday. The conversation was all very civilized until Wallace asked about his Muslim flag pin, which was given to him by the Weathermen

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• Barack Obama Visited The Fox News! [Cool Customers]

  Published: April 28, 2008, 1:10 pm

  Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Campaign, Chris Wallace, Conservatives, Cool Customers, Democrats, Fox News, Hostile Audiences, Patriotism, Republicans, Strategy

  As promised, Barack Obama singlehandedly defeated a squadron of Fox News anchors at a game of pickup basketball and then he healed the lepers by touching them and sat down for a little chat with...

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• The Art of Faking A Hostile Takeover

  Published: May 2, 2008, 4:41 pm

  Tags: Microhoo, Hostile, Yahoo, Mergers, Microsoft

  talk themselves out of going hostile, then I guess it makes sense.Should Yahoo and Microsoft just get this deal over with already? How about just for the sake of not hearing about it anymore? Let us know in the comments section.CNBC: Microsoft Raises Yahoo Bid As Merger Talks Heat Up, May 2, 2008CNN Money/Fortune Magazine: Why Microsoft hasn't

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• Microsoft Drops Yahoo Takeover Plans

  Published: May 4, 2008, 3:42 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Hostile Takeover, Proxy, Yahoo

  Microsoft has given up on buying out Yahoo for now at its last offer of USD 33 per share was rejected. Yahoo claims the company is worth USD 38 per share despite closing out at 30.98 at close Friday. Despite a reactionary drop in stock prices, Microsoft claims to have changed its mind. “We believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not

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• Ballmer wimps out

  Published: May 5, 2008, 5:00 am

  Tags: Featured, Hostile Takeover, Hostiletakeover, Inthenews, Jerry Yang, Jerryyang, Msft, Steve Ballmer, Steveballmer, Yhoo

  ORCL), you will see that hostile takeovers do work - even though they can be complicated and protracted (especially in the case of PeopleSoft transaction). With a hostile deal, though, there is no question about who is in control, which makes it easier to slash costs. In other words, I'm a bit perplexed. Is Microsoft getting too cautious? Has

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• A Very Hostile Bid for Yahoo

  Published: May 16, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Very, Hostile, Bid, For, Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo Inc, Google Inc, Chris Young, Steve Ballmer, Bob Davis, Highland Capital Partners Inc, Brian S Posner, Edward H Meyer, Frank J Biondi Jr, Gordon Crawford, Jerry Yang, John H Chapple, Keith A Meister

  When Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer was trying to buy Yahoo, he didn't want to appear disagreeable, let alone hostile.

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• Barack Obama Doubles-Down On Ignorance :: MAXINE

  Published: May 19, 2008, 7:40 pm

  Tags: Chicago, China, Cuba, Iran, Obama, Oregon, Russia, Argument, Barack, Candidate, Declaration, Democrat, Diplomacy, Doubled Down, Doubles Down, Hostile, Ignorant, Point Of View, Politics, Pre Conditions, President, Soviet, Style, Threat, Totally, Unilateral

  "Barack Obama Doubles-Down On The Level Of His Ignorance In a speech given to a crowd of Democrat supporters in Oregon, Barack Obama proves how totally ignorant he is in his template thinking and...read more

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• McCain Assails Obama Over Idea of Talking With Hostile Leaders

  Published: May 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Mccain, Assails, Obama, Over, Idea, Talking, With, Hostile, Leaders, Barack Obama, John Mccain, James Baker, United States, George W Bush, Iran, Miami, Fred I Greenstein, Steve Schmidt, Billings Montana, Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, Dick Lugar, Franklin D Roosevelt, Hari Sevug

  Sen. John McCain stepped up his assault on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials at a rally in Miami yesterday, criticizing Obama's willingness to talk to Cuban president Ra l Castro and other hostile foreign leaders without preconditions. But McCain's argument was undercut when a 2006 v...

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• McCain Assails Obama Over Readiness To Talk With Hostile Foreign Leaders

  Published: May 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Mccain, Assails, Obama, Over, Readiness, Talk, With, Hostile, Foreign, Leaders, Barack Obama, John Mccain, James Baker, United States, George W Bush, John F Kennedy, Iran, Miami, Fred I Greenstein, Steve Schmidt, Billings Montana, Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, Dick Lugar, Frankl

  Sen. John McCain stepped up his assault on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials at a rally in Miami yesterday, criticizing Obama's willingness to talk to Cuban President Ra l Castro and other hostile foreign leaders without preconditions. But McCain's argument was undercut when a 2006...

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• McCain Assails Obama Over Readiness To Talk With Hostile Foreign Leaders

  Published: May 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Mccain, Assails, Obama, Over, Readiness, Talk, With, Hostile, Foreign, Leaders, Barack Obama, John Mccain, James Baker, United States, George W Bush, John F Kennedy, Iran, Miami, Fred I Greenstein, Steve Schmidt, Billings Montana, Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, Dick Lugar, Frankl

  Sen. John McCain stepped up his assault on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials at a rally in Miami yesterday, criticizing Obama's willingness to talk to Cuban President Ra l Castro and other hostile foreign leaders without preconditions. But McCain's argument was undercut when a 2006...

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• Horror Fans Angered After Learning Lionsgate's 'Midnight Meat Train' Is Now A DVD-Express

  Published: June 19, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Fanboys, Hostile 3, Lionsgate, Midnight Meat Train

  Clive Barker's legions of horror fans have gotten their barbed-wire panties in a bunch. At issue is Lionsgate's release plans for their adaptation of Barker's short story, The Midnight Meat Train. Despite the story being a fan favourite, and a satisfying trailer (mmm...yuppie chops!) featuring the U.S. directing debut of Japanese horror maven

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