Archive for February, 2008

Posted on the MSNBC site: “Microsoft makes unsolicited bid for Yahoo”

Friday, February 1st, 2008

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“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!

Record Year: Shell Posts $27,500,000,000 Profit

Friday, February 1st, 2008

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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.

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