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Tom Hanks Backs Obama
'Beware: Celebrity Endorsement'?Whether or not celeb support is enough to sway voters on election day is anyone's guess, but it definitely helps boost your aspirant presidential profile when the stars align on your...
Microsoft Retreats, Yahoo Sets $14 Billion On Fire
Microsoft has withdrawn its Yahoo bid and the yahoos have suffered the consequences. "With the public markets now open, we know what the damage is from Yahoo failing to reach a deal with Microsoft. With shares...
Microsoft Withdraws its Bid for Yahoo
Microsoft Says It Is Withdrawing Bid for YahooSaturday, May 3, 2008 Microsoft Says It Is Withdrawing Bid for YahooAfter a three-month standoff over a deal that could have reshaped competition on the Internet,...
Villa confirm Liverpool bid for Gareth Barry
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has confirmed that Liverpool havemade a substantial bid for England midfielder Gareth Barry
Huckabee to Publish Book on Presidential Bid
Gov. Mike Huckabee is getting set to publish a book this fall on his failed presidential bid.Potential catchy titles include: "Chuck Norris Doesn't Endorse, He Tells America How It's Gonna Be"."Two weeks after the...
Ken Livingstone admits he only bid for 2012 Olymp...
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting funding...
21 July plotters lose appeal bid
Four men convicted for their role in the failed 21 July suicide bombings in the UK have lost their appeal. No further legal avenues remain for them to challenge ther convictions."Four men serving at least 40 years for the failed 21 July suicide bombs have lost a Court of...
Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates Together? Talk abou...
Say it aint so Joe, the Conservative and Liberal to Merge. Politisite has learned that Bill Gates Microsoft is talking With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp about taking over Yahoo Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is...
Bid on a piece of Madonna memorabilia
I picked up my copy of Vanity Fair today and as usual it's a great issue, but this month the magazine is giving readers an opportunity to own a part of the magazine's history.I just checked the current bid though and...
Yahoo lukewarm on Microsoft bid
The Yahoo response of the Microsoft's bid. Microsoft has set a deadline for the their offer recently to the Yahoo."Internet search engine Yahoo says it is "not opposed" to Microsoft's takeover bid, but wants a better price.The letter from Yahoo's board was a swift response to...
Microsoft to recalculate Yahoo bid?
Yahoo shares fell roughly 5 percent in after-hours trading, as rumors swirled Microsoft was considering lowering its buyout bid for the Internet search pioneer. Shares of Yahoo dropped to $27.01, or 4.76 percent, in after-hours trading, after Reuters, citing a source,...
Former Rep. Barr will seek Libertarian Nomination
"Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A former pro-life Republican Congressman, Bob Barr of Georgia, will pursue the nomination of the Libertarian Party. Barr plans to announce his bid over the weekend a regional...
Microsoft evaluating Yahoo bid: source
"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is evaluating its bid for Yahoo Inc because the Internet company may have lost value since it made its offer, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The news,...
Electronic Arts' Takeover Bid Rejected Ahead of G...
Ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, Take-Two Interactive Software is rejecting a hostile takeover bid from media giant Electronic Arts. In this case, pressing the Y-button doesn't work*.Take Two's financial...
Change is the only constant in Vancouver mayoral ...
"Vancouver -- Veteran park board commissioner Allan De Genova is the latest politician to hop on the "change bandwagon" set off by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. "Allan De Genova is about to make a change...
