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3M Dips Into Its Cash Pile

in News on August 31, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

3M Co. said Monday that it will bid $943 million for a maker of fingerprint-recognition technology, the latest in a series of moves by big companies to dip into their cash hoards to fuel growth through acquisitions. The industrial conglomerate, whose products range from health-care supplies to abrasives and Post-it notes, said it will offer $10.50 a share for Cogent Inc., Pasadena, Calif., whose board recommended that shareholders accept the bid.

Countdown to Ecstasy? Apple iPad Pre-Orders Begin at 5:30 am PT Today (Post-It Note for Now!).

in News on March 12, 2010 at 3:07 am PT

BoomTown is always up at 5:30 am PT, but now I will apparently be joined by twitch-fingered Apple fanboys waiting for the iPad pre-order rush to begin this morning. There’s a “We’ll be back soon” Post-It on the site right now. Getting the actual magic tablet into your grubby mitts will have to wait three more weeks until April 3, when the Wi-Fi-only version comes out, followed soon by the 3G one.

Yahoo CEO Bartz's Happy Talk About Microsoft's Bing–As a Deal Nears, Goodbye to the Zings (Well, for Now!)

in News on July 22, 2009 at 2:40 am PT

And there it was in Yahoo’s second-quarter earnings call yesterday, when–as the first question–an analyst asked Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz what she thought about Bing, the new and innovative search offering from Microsoft. “I think actually Bing is a good product,” said Bartz. “I think they’ve done a good job. I think Microsoft should be given kudos for Bing.” It was a politic thing to say, to be sure, especially with Microsoft and Yahoo still zeroing in on a search and online advertising partnership deal, as has been previously reported by BoomTown. Sources I have spoken to over the past two days say the deal is still on good footing and could be struck very soon, even as early as tomorrow, although it is still not a certainty–especially given the bumpy history between Yahoo and Microsoft.
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Bartz's (S)mash Note to Ballmer: The Photographic Proof

in News on May 29, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

If a search and advertising partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft is ever struck, perhaps a little CEO-to-CEO note-passing should get some credit. Yesterday, we wrote about the purple Post-It that Bartz passed to Ballmer via the makeup person in the D: All Things Digital Green Room. Here’s the photographic proof!
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Bartz and Ballmer Meet One-on-One Again at D7

in News on May 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had yet another one-on-one meeting yesterday evening at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., said several sources, in ongoing discussions about a search and advertising partnership. In addition, top deal execs from both Yahoo and Microsoft continued their talks, including Yahoo U.S. head Hilary Schneider and top Microsoft digital exec Yusuf Mehdi.
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