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  • Microsoft, Icahn join forces for Yahoo takeover

    Investor activist Carl Icahn and Microsoft on Monday asked Yahoo investors to oust Yahoo's board and in its place elect Icahn's dissident slate, potentially paving the way for a purchase of the internet company in its entirety or just its search assets.

  • Critics pour scorn on Ballmer patent 'FUD'

    Analysts believe Steve Ballmer's claim that governments who use Linux face the threat of patent lawsuits could rebound on Microsoft, while open-source vendors accuse it of spreading more fear, uncertainty and doubt .

  • Gates', Ballmer's pay holding around $900,000

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates each took home just over $900,000 in pay last year, a slight increase from last year, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • I could tell you but...

    Microsoft gets accused of a lot of sneaky things. Who would have thought they were all true?

  • Google chase could trip up Microsoft

    Microsoft has talked about accelerating its business by offering services, but some analysts worry its race to compete with Google and others could leave Microsoft's very profitable business model in the dust.

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