Month: February 2008

“Software giant offers $44.6 billion in effort to challenge Google REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion, seeking to join forces against Google in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger in 2001.”   Read More Here!

Shell smashed all-time British company profit records today, posting 2007 earnings of $27.5billion ( £13.9billion), and immediately ran into a storm with union leaders, who are demanding the Government hits the oil giant with a windfall tax. read more | digg story