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Ballmer: "We are not bidding to buy Yahoo"


During a three-hour talk in Israel, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted the company isn't back at the merger negotiations table with Yahoo. "We are not bidding to buy Yahoo," Ballmer told the crowd. "We are trying to have discussions about deals with Yahoo that might create value but not a whole acquisition of the company." In the clip embedded below, Tech Ticker's Henry Blodget doesn't buy it: More »

9:00 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
589 views, 1 comment

great moments in hr

Decker: Yahoos upset over Microsoft are just tired and old

The people who really matter — Yahoo shareholders — are angry about the way Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang handled negotiations with Microsoft. But there are angry Yahoo employees, too. Problem is, top Yahoo management doesn't seem to want to hear from either group. Watch this excerpt from Tech Ticker as Yahoo president Sue Decker dismisses Yahoo dissenters as people who are "tired and feeling late stages in their career."

11:40 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,859 views, 20 comments

clips

Decker: We only told shareholders about Microsoft's $31 offer

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock told reporters that shareholders supported Jerry Yang's decision to refuse Microsoft's bid for the company, even when it reached $33 per share. But yesterday, major shareholders Bill Miller and Gordon Crawford — who combined control about 13 percent of the company — said they did not agree with the way Yang handled negotiations. In this excerpt from Yahoo's own Tech Ticker, Sarah Lacy asks Yahoo president Sue Decker, "Who are these institutional shareholders who are supporting $37, $38 per share? Can you shed any light on that?" Watch as Decker explains that what Bostock really meant is that Yahoo's board supports Yahoo's board, which only really ever told shareholders about Microsoft's $31 per share offer. "And that's the end of the story."

9:20 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,339 views, 8 comments

Latest by dingdongditch: is it me or what.. i'm start to develop a crush on her.... more »

clips

VCs tell founders how not to get fired

In today's Tech Ticker episode, venture capitalists Sharon Wienbar and Pascal Levensohn explain to Sarah Lacy how entrepreneurs can avoid getting fired during a downturn. We watched and took notes. Below, the clip and notes on the VCs' six essential points: More »

8:40 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,634 views, 18 comments

sarah lacy

Yahoo reporter knifes NetSuite CEO on air

In this Tech Ticker segment, correspondent Sarah Lacy laughs and smiles and pitches softball questions — "Salesforce.com is going to become Siebel, and you're going to become SAP?" (Siebel was swallowed up by Oracle, while SAP is Oracle's chief rival.) The flattery is effective: Lacy lets NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talk, and talk, and talk. He spins a tale of how his company is poised for greatness; Salesforce.com, for obscurity. And then the financials pop up on screen: Salesforce.com is profitable, unlike NetSuite, and has nearly five times NetSuite's annual revenues. A ruthless evisceration. Nelson didn't even know he was being filleted. The full video: More »

11:41 PM on Sat Feb 16 2008
By Owen Thomas
4,377 views, 6 comments

Latest by n/a: if we look at the social graph who would've put these two together in this seemingly friendly setting more »

breakdowns

Yahoo launches Tech Ticker ... sort of

In a repeat of last week's failed launch of lifecasting service Yahoo Live, Yahoo's new online finance show Tech Ticker has launched with a broken page. If the millions of users exposed to it could see it — the show is prominently placed throughout the site — they'd learn that it is hosted by BusinessWeek's Sarah Lacy and TheStreet.com veteran Aaron Task, with contributions from the likes of Paul Kedrosky and Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget (interviewed in one of the first episodes). After being down for more than 20 minutes, Tech Ticker seems to be back up ... sort of. The interview with Blodget is viewable on the Tech Ticker website but now the embed code seems to be broken. How much money is this company worth again? If they find an engineer to fix it, here's the clip: More »

1:22 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jordan Golson
610 views, 2 comments

Latest by n/a: I agree with Sajan, I am able to see the videos fine. I also like the video quality, Look at Sarah Lacy, she is so cute, I just like watching her all the time. more »