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Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
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Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
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09-16-2005, 10:15 PM,
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Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
Quote:...Microsoft and media titan Time Warner are exploring the possibility of merging the MSN Internet portal with the America Online unit of Time Warner, http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/art...hp/3549491 |
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09-17-2005, 02:59 AM,
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Re: Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
The merged company will be renamed COL: Crap On Line.
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09-17-2005, 04:07 AM,
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Re: Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
COL is a fitting name for both AOL and MSN
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09-17-2005, 06:09 AM,
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Re: Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
One more reason to hate Microsoft! AOL/COL s!cks!
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11-28-2005, 12:25 PM,
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AOL Board to Meet Thursday to Decide Between Google and Microsoft Buyout Offers
Quote:According to reports, Time Warner's board of directors is hunkering down Thursday for discussions on the future of AOL, and is expected to choose between partnering with Microsoft's MSN division or Google. However, a final decision is not expected for a few weeks, says the Financial Times. full article: http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?id=16799&catid=1 related topic: Google and Comcast in Talks to Aquire AOL: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...798.0.html |
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12-18-2005, 04:22 PM,
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Re: Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
[quote author=rose link=topic=425.msg1675#msg1675 date=1126925984]
The merged company will be renamed COL: Crap On Line. [/quote] Crap On Line is dead. Thanks Google for preventing this nightmare from becoming reality.
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08-05-2008, 10:31 AM,
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The AOL Acquisition Rumors Continue...
3 years later and the AOL acquisition rumors continue.
Quote:When it releases its second-quarter numbers Wednesday, Time Warner will also announce it's ready to dump AOL's dialup business. A combination of modem banks, CD-ROM mailers, and ruthless telemarketers which introduced America to the information superhighway in the 1990s, AOL's ISP business still has more than 8 million subscribers who pay through the nose for a quaintly overpriced service. What will be left: A collection of websites and an online-advertising business that has yet to get advertisers to pay anything even vaguely overpriced. Time Warner has flirted with Yahoo and Microsoft for years, but hasn't yet sealed a deal to get rid of AOL... full article: http://valleywag.com/5032679/yahoo-holds...tartup-aol |
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08-05-2008, 05:29 PM,
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Re: Microsoft In Talks to Acquire Large Stake In AOL
AOL should be renamed ASS [Allied Stalkers Surf].
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