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Microsoft putting investment behind search: CEO

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Microsoft Corp is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine starts to gain ground with Web surfers.

Microsoft open to investing in search

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Microsoft Corp is willing to invest 5 to 10 percent of its operating income in its search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine gains ground with Web surfers.
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Official: Microsoft's Bing out Wednesday

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned site of its Live search engine in the coming days called Bing which the company hopes it will lure Web surfers away from its competitors.
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Yahoo CEO says talking to Microsoft little bit

Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz said any deal to spin off or combine its Internet search assets will require a partner with boatloads of money, and her company is talking a little bit with Microsoft Corp about a potential partnership.
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Yahoo CEO says talks with Microsoft continue

Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz said the company continues to talk with Microsoft Corp about an Internet search deal, but stressed that search remains an important ingredient in Yahoo's array of online products.
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Yahoo eyes acquisitions, social media

Yahoo Inc is looking to buy companies that will allow it to become a bigger player in social networking and revamp its family of products, Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh said on Wednesday.
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Gates sees tech helping U.S. out of recession

Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world's ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates told a high-level business summit at the company he co-founded.
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Microsoft CEO still sees chance to work with Yahoo

Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer said he sees opportunities to work with Yahoo Inc to create a better search product but would not comment on discussions that the two may be engaged in.
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Microsoft slashes more jobs

As Microsoft continues to prepare for the upcoming release of its Windows 7 operating system, the software giant announced Tuesday it will eliminate up to 5,000 jobs by June next year.
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Microsoft lays off workers, more job cuts coming?

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is laying off more workers, almost completing its plan to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010, and left the door open for yet more job cuts.
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Microsoft still sees potential in Yahoo partnership

U.S. software company Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo even though it is no longer wants to buy it, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday.
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Search end near?

The two companies are talking again, with less contention
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News Corp will share news across its properties

News Corp said on Tuesday that it has formed a new unit to share journalism across all its properties, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Fox News and The Times of London.
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Microsoft, Yahoo talking on search deal: report

The chief executives of Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc met last week to discuss potential partnerships between the companies' Internet search and advertising operations, the technology blog All Things Digital reported on Friday.
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Yahoo and Microsoft in ad deal talks

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are in talks over a deal where the companies would sell advertising for each other, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on its Web site, citing sources close to the matter.
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Microsoft unveils Windows Server 2008 Foundation

Microsoft Corporation formally released a new server product from its Windows 2008 family with the addition of Windows Server 2008 Foundation, targeting the small business/SOHO segment of 15 users or less.

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