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Yahoo Fending Off Takeover Advances

A low stock price has plenty of firms interested in buying Yahoo, and the company may find it impossible to say no to them.

CNet Facing Shareholder Unrest

A New Year's downgrade of CNet Networks has an activist group of investors calling for big changes with the company.

Yahoo Moving On Up The Stock Charts

Yahoo's stock lay down like an overheated hound at the end of the dog days of August. Don't look now, but they are bouncing back.

Vodafone Considers Verizon Takeover?

When you read phrases like "leverage takeover" and "growing group of rebel shareholders" in the financial world, it gets your attention. If the rumor that Vodafone is planning a Verizon buyout, it'll get everybody's attention.

New eBay-StumbleUpon Takeover Rumors Surface

The rumors of a deal between eBay and StumbleUpon may soon become facts - the latest report indicates that the two companies are in “advanced talks.”  And this news comes straight to you from “people familiar with the matter.”

Social Media & Keeping the Conversation Going

If you followed the Stowe Boyd kerfuffle a few months ago - the one in which he says, broadly, that PR people don’t “get it” regarding social media - you’ll be interested in listening to Stowe talking to Eric Schwartzman in the latest

Friendster Seeks A Takeover Friend

Intense competition from News Corp's MySpace may have 2002 social networking darling Friendster ready to play "Let's Make A Deal."

MySpace Pays Off Spitzer

The new owner of MySpace parent Intermix, News Corp, has seen the adware case brought by New York AG Eliot Spitzer settled for $8.25 million.

PepsiCo Denies Danone Takeover Plans

After two weeks of speculation that PepsiCo was going to launch a hostile takeover bid for France's Danone, shares of Danone went up 20%.

Archipelago Shares Skyrocket On Takeover From NYSE

Archipelago Holdings shares went up 55% after the announcement that the company agreed to be taken over by the New York Stock Exchange.