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Microsoft has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader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