More Speculation On Yahoo-Microsoft Ads Deal

Apr 22, 2009 at 9:01am ET by Greg Sterling

Yesterday on the Yahoo Q1 earnings call, CEO Carol Bartz sent a mixed message of sorts. She said at the outset that Yahoo was going to focus on key areas of the business and was open to "outsourcing" some functions if that made sense. Like me, many people listening must have immediately thought "search." But later in the call she seemed to reaffirm the strategic value of search to Yahoo's overall business, calling it "critical." She spoke at some length about innovations in the user experience and on the advertising side as well, especially about the combination of search and display. She s [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Microsoft & Yahoo Merger

MicroHoo Lite And Other Creative Speculation About Yahoo’s Immediate Future

Apr 15, 2009 at 5:46pm ET by Greg Sterling

Yahoo Q1 earnings are coming up next week. There were also some recent, not-so-secret conversations between new CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about a search deal of some sort or a broader advertising partnership. And there's a fairly credible rumor that more layoffs are coming at Yahoo, which are tied to a reportedly forthcoming reorganization (indeed, again). Into the realm of speculation about the nature of a potential Microsoft-Yahoo ad deal, which is unlikely to be a complete outsourcing of search, Silicon Alley Insider cites Wall Street analyst Youssef Squali's calcul [...]

Filed in: Microsoft & Yahoo Merger, Yahoo: Business Issues, Yahoo: Employees

Layoffs At Microsoft Widely Expected To Be Announced This Week

Jan 21, 2009 at 12:05pm ET by Greg Sterling

A year ago this would have seemed impossible: layoffs at Microsoft. Until relatively recently Redmond was saying that it would be able to weather the recession without significant disruption. However cost cutting is now the order of the day and no one appears immune. The layoff rumors first appeared in December and have steadily resurfaced. One of the early rumors was that as many as 15,000 jobs at Microsoft would be eliminated. However Reuters quotes financial analysts who assert the number will probably half or less than half that figure: Microsoft Corp is expected to post a quarterly pr [...]

Filed in: Microsoft & Yahoo Merger, Microsoft: Business Issues, Microsoft: Employees, Microsoft: General

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