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[Posted on May 16, 2008 - 12:53 AM]
Spending a billion dollars and finding 10 friends to run as candidates for Yahoo! Inc.'s board of directors was fairly easy for Carl Icahn. Things get tricky now. With his...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 6:14 PM]
The announcement Thursday that IAC/InterActiveCorp [IACI] unit Ask.com will buy Lexico Publishing Group LLC was chock full of data about its target's strong and growing reach. Lexico, which owns the...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 6:12 PM]
I've spent some time toying with Blip, the new "Twitter-for-music" service from Fuzz.com, over the past day or so. (As I write, it's playing Yo La Tengo, courtesy of someone...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 6:12 PM]
Oracle Corp. [ORCL] got little attention for its acquisition of insurance software maker AdminServer earlier this week, but according to a report from Novarica, the deal could heat up M&A activity...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 5:48 PM]
In this episode of Tech Confidential's Behind the Money online video show, we speak with Matthew Wurtzel, editor of Dealscape, about Friday's expiration date for Electronic Arts Inc.'s bid for...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 2:19 PM]
  In its ongoing efforts to replace the entire board of directors of chipmaker Micrel Inc. [MCRL], Obrem Capital Management LLC on Thursday urged Micrel to come clean with its...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 2:13 PM]
  Controversial software investor Andrew "Flip" Filipowski (pictured) seems to have landed on his feet quite nicely since the blowup and contentious bankruptcy sale in 2003 of Divine Inc., his...  Continue Reading.
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From The Network
Old school content has value...again: Every day it seems we are reading about the power of social networking to transform the Internet and how we communicate online and also consume and discover new content.  While that is true and clearly changing the consumption habits of.... [BeyondVC]

[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 12:29 PM]
Considering that it's named Glassdoor.com, a new company backed by Benchmark Capital isn't very transparent about its goals. Founded by a group of Expedia veterans, Glassdoor promises "a new way...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 11:36 AM]
  Back in February, when Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] first made a pass at Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], there was some hand-wringing in Silicon Valley about what it would mean for startups if...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 10:33 AM]
  Signaling that he wants to invest up to $2.5 billion, activist investor Carl Icahn launched Thursday, May 15, a proxy contest at Yahoo! Inc., nominating 10 directors in the hopes...  Continue Reading.
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[Posted on May 15, 2008 - 10:29 AM]
  Venture capital-backed social networking company Plaxo Inc. agreed Wednesday, May 14, to be bought by Comcast Corp. [CMCSA] as the cable operator looks to broaden its range of services. While...  Continue Reading.
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Behind the Money, Episode 30: Electronic Arts bid for Take-Two

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In this episode of Behind the Money, we speak with Matthew Wurtzel, editor of Dealscape about the expiration of Electronic Arts bid for Take-Two Interactive on May 16, 2008.
 


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