With Yahoo deal, Microsoft finds size is solution to search, though challenge may be broader

Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.

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Microsoft’s Ballmer tries to improve opinion on deal with Yahoo, whose shares have plunged

Microsoft CEO tries to sell analysts on Yahoo deal

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve the bad feeling Yahoo Inc. investors have about the companies' search-advertising partnership.

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Microsoft says 4Q profit drops 29 percent, posts first full-year drop in sales since IPO

Microsoft fiscal 4Q profit falls 29 percent

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since the company went public in 1986.

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Beta test of Microsoft’s free computer security software set to debut next week

Microsoft readies free PC security software

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it plans to release a beta test of its free computer security program next week and is on track to launch a finished product in the fall.

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Microsoft keeps dividend at 13 cents, backs shareholder right to call special meetings

microsoft-logoMicrosoft affirms dividend, backs meeting proposal

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. is holding its quarterly dividend steady and is backing a proposal allowing large shareholders to call special shareholder meetings. The world's biggest software company declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share late Wednesday, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable Sept. 10 to stockholders on record as of Aug. 20. Full article (105 words) »

T-mobile denies security breach after a hacker claimed to have accessed all the confidential information

t-mobile-T-Mobile: No security breach in alleged hacking

BELLEVUE, Washington — T-Mobile USA Inc. said Tuesday that it did not suffer a security breach after a hacker claimed this weekend to have accessed the company's servers. T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG in Germany, said it was investigating the allegation and found no evidence that hackers got any customer or company information.

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