According to reports published today, Microsoft will not increase its bid for Yahoo above the $31 a share offered two weeks ago.
The same reports states that Microsoft will instead authorize a proxy battle for Yahoo.
According to the report Microsoft would nominate a slate of directors by March 13, if Yahoo’s board does not enter merger […]

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Moniker.com held is very first No/Low Reserve auction last night at the TRAFFIC show in Las Vegas and walked away with a little over $190K in sales
Over 85% of all the domains selected sold. The event was well attended and there was some spirited bidding.
Here are the results (these are what we heard and […]

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On Monday night at 8pm PST, at the TRAFFIC show, Moniker.com is holding it’s first small live auction of around 80 No reserve/Low Reserve Domains.
Unlike the Live Premium Domain Auction to be held on Wednesday, the Tuesday auction will NOT have live remote bidding, so you will have to be in the room to bid […]

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The domain name quickly.com sold yesterday at NameJet.com for $45,100, in another drop sale that seems high to us, as do many on this list.
A few other notable sales at NameJet.com:
Euclid.com $12,100
irradiation.com […]

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This was the week that Yahoo said no to $31 a share offer by Microsoft.

It was also the week that Yahoo raised the possibility of seeking a marketing deal with News Corp, or a deal with AOL.

It is expected that Microsoft will increase its offer to $35 a share in the next week or two […]

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Moniker.com Released its list of domains to be auctioned at the TRAFFIC show Next week on January 20.
We will release our picks as most lightly and least lightly to sell in a few days after we have had a change to analyze the list.
We believe this is the order in which the domains will be […]

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Moniker.com released the list of the Low/No reserve auction to be held on Tuesday in Las Vegas as part of the TRAFFIC show.  We believe this is the order in which the names will be auctioned:
1 WhateverHappensinVegasStaysinVegas.com $1 […]

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Marchex Inc., one of the companies in our Domain Parking Stock Index, reported 4th adjusted earnings of $3.39 million, or 8 cents a share, above the 6-cent mean stret estimates.
Adjusted earnings the prior-year quarter were $5.07 million, or 13 cents a share.
In the quarter ended Dec. 31 the company swung to a net loss of […]

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According to a report by the  Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc
Servers controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks.
The report estimates roughly 68,000 servers on the Internet are returning malicious Domain Name System results, which means people with compromised computers […]

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According to reports, News Corp. and Yahoo are in discussions about combining MySpace and other News Corp.owned online properties with Yahoo.
Reportly News Corp. would get a stake in Yahoo, and a private equity firm to contribute cash to the deal.
The deal would allow Yahoo to remain independent while giving News Corp. substantial control over […]

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