Don't want to stay home and watch the winless Detroit Lions play their traditional Thanksgiving Day football game? Perhaps a local theater is the place for your annual post-turkey nap - or a little romance, action or comedy. ...more

November 27, 2008

Regarding "Fannie, Freddie Rescue Planned" (front page, July 14): The recent actions by our lawmakers in Washington have me worried me that we are headed down a dark path of government interference. While loaning money to the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac is one thing, to actually have the U.S. government become stockholders is clearly another. ...more

July 16, 2008

Leaders at the Byrd Alzheimer's center, freshly battered from a volatile spring in Tallahassee, didn't wind up with a dollar in state money, and they're planning for the next few years as if they'll receive nothing more. ...more

May 8, 2008

Microsoft has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google. ...more

May 4, 2008

Microsoft Corp. may raise its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc. to more than $31 a share, seeking to end a three-month standoff with the Internet company's board, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. ...more

May 3, 2008

Microsoft is not privately haggling with Yahoo over the software maker's rejected $31-per-share buyout offer for the slumping Internet pioneer, Bill Gates said in an interview. ...more

February 20, 2008

Yahoo, the Internet company that rejected a $44.6 billion bid from Microsoft Corp., may find that a so-called poison pill in its bylaws is not enough to defend against a hostile takeover. ...more

February 13, 2008

Facing a hostile takeover by rival AirTran Holdings, Midwest Air Group contacted several companies to persuade them to buy the airline instead, according to new regulatory filings. ...more

September 28, 2007