According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, Google may be getting cold feet. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a merger with Microsoft, Yahoo said it was considering teaming with Google in a search advertising deal. But some Google executives are now questioning whether that’s a good idea
Google knows any deal with […]

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Marchex.com reported 1st Quarter 2008 Financial Results today.
The following is what they reported
Revenue was $37.0 million for the first quarter of 2008, compared to $34.2 million for the same period of 2007.
GAAP net loss applicable to common stockholders was $1.2 million for […]

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While the chess game between Microsoft and Yahoo continues, domainers seem to be a pawn.
After announcing that they were dropping there bid for Yahoo, the question becomes what will happen to Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and most importantly how will this all effect domainers.
Yahoo stock price closed north of $28.50 Friday. Prior to Microsoft’s offer […]

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According to a report by the Wall Street Journal today, Yahoo and Microsoft met Wednesday trying to reach an agreement on price for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yahoo
According to the report, Microsoft, which proposed purchasing Yahoo for for $31 a share in January, is now allegedly poised to offer as much as $32 or $33 a […]

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Chief Executive Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, stated today that their offer for Yahoo is fair, and it doesn’t intend to raise it.
“Our bid is quite generous, roughly eighty times earnings…the combination would make a great company,” Ballmer said at a conference with business leaders in Madrid.
“If we don’t hear from Yahoo, we’ve said we’ll go […]

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Baidu.com, reported net income for the 1st quarter jumped 71.5% to $20.9 million, or 60 cents a share, in the first quarter, matching the estimate consensus of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Costs related to Baidu’s Japan operations in the first quarter totaled $4.3 million, which reduced earnings by 12 cents a share.
Revenue jumped 108% to […]

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CNET Networks and Yahoo announced today what they term a broad, three year strategic partnership that includes content, advertising, and search marketing components.
Under the partnership:
CNET.com will provide technology content, including news, product reviews and original video, to Yahoo Tech and Yahoo […]

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Yahoo reported slightly better than expected 1st quarter results on Tuesday, but failed to deliver the blowout quarter that many analysts said it needed to get a higher takeover offer from Microsoft.
Yahoo we down $.19 cents in after hours trading following the report, as the results are seen as not being strong enough for […]

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Google after reporting blowout numbers for the 1st quater, blew past $500 winding up at just under $540 up $89.87 for the day.
Google hit an intraday high of $547.
Baidu was up over 10% or $31.25 a share following Google lead

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Google released it 1st Quater profit’s today after the market closed soundly beating Wall Street’s estimates.,
Google’s net income rose 30% to $1.31 billion, or $4.12 per share.
Excluding one-time charges, Google said it earned $1.54 billion, or $4.84 per share, beating estimates of analysts polled by Thomson Financial, who typically exclude one-time items from their estimates, […]

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