After turning down a 62 percent premium for shareholders in the form of Microsoft’s takeover bid, Yahoo opened itself to litigation from unhappy stakeholders.

A Michigan woman has been charged with using classified advertising Web site Craigslist to hire a contract killer to murder a romantic rival.

The job title was listed as "freelance" and offered $5,000. Investigators say Ann Marie Linscott posted two ads on the site in November and had three responses from people who thought it was an ad for a freelance writer.

It’s been horribly hot lately, so I’m guessing that Google’s secret network of weather machines isn’t yet up and running.  But the search giant is bringing a sort of relief to five of America’s southern colleges; the universities will receive Google Apps Education Edition.

Google added the State of Michigan to its list of state government partners in an effort to make local government information more accessible to citizens. Michigan adds its name to Virginia, Arizona, California, and Utah to states that have enlisted Google’s services.

Google occasionally works out deals with individual universities, but it appears that the search engine company is starting to think big.  Not Texas-big, perhaps, but Michigan-big.  It’s in this latter state that Google intends to roll out Google Apps for Education.

All things AdWords will go through Ann Arbor, as Google opened the doors to its Michigan location yesterday.

Job listings for the Boston area and a reputed search for suitable facilities in the city add up to a forthcoming Beantown presence for the search advertising company.

Privacy is a hot word around the blogosphere today; Google is protecting it and the RIAA is employing every trick in their playbook to circumvent a user’s right to privacy by pressuring ISPs and Universities to voluntarily hand over identifying information pertaining to users who are allegedly violating copyright law by sharing digital music over the school’s network.

I am browsing a website that claims to be an important resource for the “World’s Business Leaders” when I discover my quest for business enlightenment may soon reach Gilgamesh proportions.

A Google job post seeks entry level techies in Ann Arbor, Michigan to help build a new Googleplex.

The world’s largest chipmaker will invest $3 billion USD in a semiconductor plant to be built in Arizona.

Similar to the do-not-call lists focused on limiting telemarketing calls, the new registries aim to fight spam.

The latest report from the Commerce Department says the trade deficit now stands at $195.1 billion USD.

Toyota Technical Center USA has signed a purchase agreement with the State of Michigan for property being offered by the State of Michigan.