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Microsoft Analyst Day: Ballmer: Search Is A ‘Two-Horse Race’; This Is Not About Yahoo - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 24 Jul 2008 08:25 AM PST

After last night’s surprise news, this becomes a lot more interesting: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is hosting a day-long analyst event today, kicking off with Steve Ballmer at 11:40 (ET). Suffice…

Ballmer: Google Won - But It’s Still All About Search, Baby - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 20 Jun 2008 02:31 AM PST

Steve Ballmer is still talking up Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) search ambitions, and still openly regretting its ongoing underperformance in that department. It’s a familiar doctrine but, in light of the…

Microsoft: Is The Post-Gates Era The Pre-Gates Era? - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:55 AM PST

As Bill Gates gets set to decamp from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—he’ll get the plaque and the cheap watch on June 27—WSJ does some good work, examining the past eight years…

@ D6: Gates, Ballmer: Scale Is Key; Still Great Team Without Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 27 May 2008 06:33 PM PST

Here at D listening to the Bill and Steve show—Gates and Ballmer this year, no repeat of last year’s star turn by Steve Jobs. It starts with the Microsoft-Gates farewell…

Ballmer: Microsoft Can Live Without Yahoo - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 23 Apr 2008 03:57 AM PST

At least publicly, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is totally unmoved by Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) earnings. Speaking in Milan, reports Bloomberg, Ballmer said: “We are offering a lot of…

Delta-Northwest Merger And Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 14 Apr 2008 05:00 PM PST

I’m watching the bulletins roll in about the just-announced merger agreement between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines and thinking about Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). Why? Northwest and Yahoo share a…

Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Yahoo Offer Reasonable; ‘Alternatives Considered’; ‘That Small Company’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 03 Mar 2008 03:00 PM PST

Updated below: During a press conference at the German tech show CeBIT, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated that his company’s current offer for Yahoo is fair and that…

Ballmer: ‘Wait And See’ On Yahoo Buy; Facebook Investment ‘Not A Mistake’, No Value Guarantee - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 05 Nov 2007 10:00 AM PST

In Mumbai for Red Herring’s ATRE conference, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer was pushed by reporters (via Reuters) on the wisdom of coughing up $240 million for 1.6 percent…