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StumbleUpon Becomes Its Own Company Again

First there were the acquisition rumors, then the acquisition. Then there were the sale rumors.

Yahoo Indexes IndexTools For Acquisition

Web analytics firm IndexTools goes to Yahoo in a purchase that will augment Yahoo's strategies for promoting its advertising business to clients.

T-Mobile May Dial Up Sprint Acquisition

A weakened dollar and a sub-$7 share price combined to drive rumors of T-Mobile possibly buying troubled wireless provider Sprint-Nextel.

World Reacts To Microsoft-Yahoo Surprise

Generally speaking, stories about Yahoo don't have many exclamation marks - we've learned to drop 'em from the company's name.  Exclamation marks are appearing all over the place, however, following the exciting news of Microsoft's acquisition offer.

News Corp-LinkedIn Acquisition Rumors Myth?

So perhaps the News Corp-LinkedIn acquisition rumors are a myth anyway: Link: TechCrunch UK � Blog Archive � Who needs LinkedIn when you have MySpace?.

MSFT Wants 30% of Search, 40% of Web Ads

Well, if you can’t be #1, then you should probably do like Microsoft and aim for being “one of the top two” (aka #2). Reuters reports that Microsoft is looking to knock one of their competitors (you know, Yahoo and Google) out pretty soon.

Government Still Questioning GoogleClick

The FTC has not yet confirmed Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick. Last week’s town meeting on the subject of behavioral targeting hasn’t changed that.

AOL Pings Quigo For Acquisition

Quigo and its AdSonar network became the latest in a string of advertising company acquisitions made by AOL in 2007.

Automattic Doesn't Sell Out For $200 Million

People who are trying to sell a house might make all sorts of small upgrades as they attempt to offload the property.  And Automattic made the “small upgrade” of acquiring Gravatar just two weeks ago.  Automattic’s owners apparently aren’t looking to sell, though - a report indicates that they turned down a $200 million acquisition offer.

Facebook Advertising

Much of the reporting of Microft’s acquisition of a piece of Facebook has questioned the ultimate value of the social network. (Microsoft’s investment puts the total value of Facebook at about $15 billion.) With advertising as the only significant revenue channel, many are wondering if people networking on sites like MySpace and Facebook are paying any attention to the ads.