Microsoft, News Corp. Eye Web Pact
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The Financial Times reports that Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp. over the possibility of paying the media company to "de-index" its news Web sites from Google.
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November 23, 2009 12:31 PM That knock on the door may be Microsoft, wanting to de-index you — that is, if you are a media organization whose news content is being searched and indexed by Google.
The Financial Times reports that Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp. over the possibility of paying the media company to "de-index" its news Web sites from Google.
The Financial Times reports that Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp. over the possibility of paying the media company to "de-index" its news Web sites from Google.
June 5, 2009 4:30 AM
Microsoft Warns Of Tax Law Consequences
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer offered an unwelcome economics lesson to the Obama administration this week: Higher taxes have consequences that Washington policy-makers may not especially like.
Ballmer said on Wednesday that if Congress enacts President Obama's plans to impose higher corporate taxes, it makes sense for Microsoft to move jobs offshore.
"It makes U.S. jobs more expensive," Ballmer said, according to Bloomberg News. "We're better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S."
Ballmer said on Wednesday that if Congress enacts President Obama's plans to impose higher corporate taxes, it makes sense for Microsoft to move jobs offshore.
"It makes U.S. jobs more expensive," Ballmer said, according to Bloomberg News. "We're better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S."
