Login | Register

Most Popular Choices

24

Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo

Quicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments

Managing Editor
Sheila Samples

Become a Fan
(49 fans)

CURSES -- FOILED AGAIN! Microsoft?s decision to walk away is the latest chapter in a three-month-old standoff that began when Microsoft made an unsolicited offer to acquire Yahoo in an effort to compete more effectively with Google in Web search, advertising and services. Yahoo rejected Microsoft?s offer repeatedly, saying it undervalued the company.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.nytimes.com

Rate It | View Ratings

Sheila Samples Social Media Pages:

Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

Related Topic(s): Internet; Internet Commerce; Microsoft, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEdNews, please become a premium member.

"There's no dispute that we now live in a hyper-connected, globalized world--but plenty of argument over the type of globalization that's best for our collective future. In this timely work, Rob Kall makes a persuasive case for 'trickle-up' globalization from below and that the truest, best, and most long-lasting fundamental change always comes from the bottom up. Read this book?then act on it!"

Rory O'Connor, award-winning filmmaker and author of Friends, Followers, and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

What the Western public is shielded from Posted by DR MAZIN QUMSIYEH ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon, but "any domestic sectarian division could pose a greater threat than the enemy" by Steven Sahiounie ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Human Rights for Enemies Only? Amnesty International, Iran, and the Blind Spots of "Democracy Now!" by Mike Rivage-Seul ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: John Feffer, America's Flight 93 Moment by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Why are young people finding it hard to find a job if the economy is booming? by Scott Baker ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Philly's Chris Rabb Will Be Great New Progressive "Squad" Member by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Don't call me 'chief'! by Bob Gaydos ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Myriad Ways You Can Help OpEdNews by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Big Question About the UN Security Council's Gaza Ceasefire Resolution by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Eating Healthy is Do-able / Eating healthily on the fly (plus thoughts on hypoglycemia) by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Eclipse as Cosmic Muse by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The End of Recessions in the United States? by Joel Joseph ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Awful Transformation of Bernie Sanders by earl ofari hutchinson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Claude is a neoliberal by Scott Baker ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Positive Visions of the Future by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The chasm between TB and HIV continues by Citizen News Service - CNS ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Wrestling with the Pig: Pope Leo's Dangerous Pivot from Souls to Sociology by parameswara reddy ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump "is playing silly games with the serious, cherished beliefs of millions of Americans." by Lance Moore ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

IMAGINING OUR FUTURE: PERILS AND PROMISE Story 1: The Global Brain Is Waking Up by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Is Iran the perpetrator of aggression? by Rob Baker ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Wholly employee owned non-profit corporations. by paul tuten ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

To Beat China, Russia, India, and Japan in New Space Race, We Need Political Will to Get Back Where We Were 50 Years Ago by Robert Weiner ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

And So, This Is What? by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Men passing a formidable medicine stick by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Ongoing Nakba Posted by DR MAZIN QUMSIYEH ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links