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Just when we thought the MicroHoo saga was over, Carl Icahn steps in and stirs up some fresh excitement. The activist investor submitted an alternative slate of Yahoo directors and hopes to revive Microsoft's interest in a deal. Yahoo's current management remains skeptical.Read More...

The latest round of rumors to emerge from the negotiations among Google, Yahoo, and the Department of Justice suggest that the two web companies are willing to limit the revenue flowing to Yahoo in order to win antitrust approval.Read More...

A report suggests that Google and Yahoo are trying to preempt any formal legal action by the US Department of Justice. The companies may be negotiating an agreement that would set limits on the companies' joint advertising agreement.Read More...

Google may be getting worried that the Department of Justice will be distracted by the presidential transition, and not get around to approving its deal with Yahoo in a timely manner. No one from the company has actually said this, of course, but it's likely to be behind an uptick in rumors that the search giant is ready to walk away from talks.Read More...

Senator Herb Kohl is worried about the impact of Yahoo's deal with Google, which will see the latter place ads on the search results pages of the former. The two companies have decided to delay the deal's implementation until Justice finishes its investigation.Read More...

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady. Romeo and Juliet. And now, there's Microsoft and Yahoo. The love story ends in tears and broken hearts as Microsoft decides to simply walk away from its months-long courtship of Yahoo. The clear winner in all of this? Google.Read More...

As the maneuvering continues ahead of Yahoo's August 1 shareholders' meeting, the company and Microsoft are both looking to relieve Time Warner of its AOL subsidiary, although for very different reasons.Read More...

Microsoft's self-imposed deadline for Yahoo to accept its buyout offer has come and gone, and now both companies are keeping quiet. The two companies now appear headed for a proxy fight.Read More...

A new survey shows a seismic shift among smartphones users in the US, an iQuake that may bury the iPhone's competitors.Read More...