Ballmer makes TIME influential list

Microsoft’s ebullient CEO Steve Ballmer has been included in TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people list.

The larger-than-life Microsoft man has become an increasingly influential figure at the Redmond company since Bill Gates announced that he will step down in June this year.

Ballmer’s on-stage antics – a famous monkey dance, throwing a MacBook Air to the ground and fairly regular bursts of screaming enthusiasm – have made him a cult figure within Microsoft.

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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

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Microsoft makes a $44 billion play for Yahoo

After much speculation last year, Microsoft has officially made a bid for Yahoo, the increasingly beleaguered web giant. Reuters reports that Microsoft has offered to pay $44.6 billion (£22.4 billion) to seal the deal.

Microsoft has been repeatedly linked with Yahoo and is offering to buy its search rival for $31 per share, a price that’s 62 per cent above Yahoo’s NASDAQ share price at the close of trading on Thursday.

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

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