The purchase of AQuantive increases the likelihood that the software maker will also buy Yahoo because AQuantive doesn't give Microsoft additional advertisers it needs to compete ...

This is important, because aQuantive has a marketing culture, while Microsoft has a technology DNA, and post-acquisition cultural rifts could be a concern.

Really, I would encourage Microsoft to listen to these guys, because they're very smart business people," he said. "This is Microsoft's deal to screw up, not aQuantive's."

aQuantive, Inc. Announces New NASDAQ Symbol and Website Address Parent Company of Avenue A ... principle that the Internet is a successful advertising medium, primarily because it is ...

However, none of aQuantive?s success would be possible without the incredible hard work and dedication of our employees. " "Because the Deloitte & Touch Technology Fast 500 ...

Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said this deal is fundamentally different and will promote competition because aQuantive has three lines of business and "Microsoft today is in ...

That's going to require some systems integration because legacy aQuantive and legacy Microsoft use different billing infrastructure, different financial accounting systems and the ...

McAndrews, who will report directly to Johnson, says "not everybody knew about (the merger) until recently" but that aQuantive is ready for this because "digital advertising people ...

And aQuantive is well-respected in the online ad industry because it's flush with technological savvy. Just a year ago, Microsoft launched its own ad network called adCenter.

Still, Microsoft officials insisted acquiring aQuantive for its three big brands and 2,600 employees is kosher because it's complementary. Microsoft Senior Vice President and ...

Notice that I didn't say, "Because aQuantive is a leader in the gotta-have-it-now, super-mega-ultra-yes-I'll-have-fries-with-that digital advertising market."

McAndrews anticipates no antitrust hurdles for the deal because aQuantive is strong in areas where Microsoft is weak, and vice versa. "We don't have a search engine.

The deal changes Microsoft, dramatically, particularly because of aQuantive heavy services revenue base. Microsoft is no longer just a software company.

Liddell defended the price Microsoft is willing to pay for aQuantive because of the deal's strategic significance. "We believe it is exactly the right company to buy," he said.

Microsoft is acquiring advertising network aQuantive, the parent company to Avenue A ... I can?t help but shake the feeling, though, that this purchase is purely because MS has ...

... but at $9.4 million, or $0.13 per share, it didn't compare favorably to the year-ago quarter, when aQuantive reported earnings of $24.1 million, or $0.34 per share. That's because ...

... the right Microsoft people were picked to go ahead and the right aQuantive people stepped up." It's too early to proclaim the integration a complete success. That's because ...

... bride who resembles Doubleclick, snatched away by Google earlier this spring, but aQuantive ... perfect sense, Kevin?overpay for a company that wasn?t your first choice?because ...

Company Chief Executive Brian McAndrews said aQuantive gains from the acquisition because it now has the resources to vastly expand its business.

However, Microsoft doesn't envision similar concerns with the aQuantive deal, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said Friday, because it generally adds capabilities that ...

That's because people could associate aQuantive with quantitative or quantify. "It has a little bit of meaning." Singer, who helped name dozens of dot-com companies during the ...

This is important, because aQuantive has a marketing culture, while Microsoft has a technology DNA, and post-acquisition cultural rifts could be a concern.

Microsoft announced Friday it is buying online ad agency aQuantive in a $6 billion cash ... Microsoft executives said the deal was important, because many online services that the ...

eclasssystems, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0 I hear they bought aQuantive because Chris Boggs works there, just a rumor though. nerderyforever, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2 If only we could have ...

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Liddell defended the price Microsoft is willing to pay for aQuantive because of the deal's strategic significance: "We believe it is exactly the right company to buy.

We hire them because some challenges demand intellect. Some opportunities require ... re Avenue A | Razorfish, the world?s largest interactive agency and a division of aQuantive ...

... events that have just been announced.   However if I can allow myself to make a few comments, this is what I?d say. ·          First, Microsoft is buying AQuantive because ...

With the aQuantive acquisition now done, Microsoft is moving to try and thwart Google on ... The two have been viewed as a couple, because so many people use portals and search ...

One company on the forefront of this revolution is aQuantive (AQNT), and it?s part of ... Grab a pencil because school is in session and the Fast Money traders are teaching class.