5 posts and columns on IACI

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Diller: IAC to Cut Cash Via Buybacks; Ask.com Not for Sale

in News on February 24, 2010 at 11:57 am PT

IAC/Interactive Chairman and CEO Barry Diller said the company in the next 12 months expects to get its cash position down to a “rationale amount,” but not via acquisitions. Rather, that would mostly be from buying back shares.

Ask.com? Give It to Microsoft; He'll Eat Anything.

in News on October 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

If Barry Diller is looking for somewhere to unload IAC’s Ask.com search engine, he’d be wise to consider Microsoft–if he doesn’t have that in mind already. Analysts reflecting on Diller’s recent remarks about Ask’s “speculative future” say Microsoft is the most likely buyer if IAC is truly serious about dumping the little search engine that couldn’t.
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Ask.com? Give It to Microsoft; He’ll Eat Anything.

in News on October 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

If Barry Diller is looking for somewhere to unload IAC’s Ask.com search engine, he’d be wise to consider Microsoft–if he doesn’t have that in mind already. Analysts reflecting on Diller’s recent remarks about Ask’s “speculative future” say Microsoft is the most likely buyer if IAC is truly serious about dumping the little search engine that couldn’t.
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Ask.com's Latest Query: Wanna Buy a Search Engine?

in News on October 28, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Well, there it is. Barry Diller would rather sell off IAC’s Ask.com search engine than brave a fiercely competitive market with a property whose future he describes as “speculative.”
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Ask.com’s Latest Query: Wanna Buy a Search Engine?

in News on October 28, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Well, there it is. Barry Diller would rather sell off IAC’s Ask.com search engine than brave a fiercely competitive market with a property whose future he describes as “speculative.”
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