At the opening of an R&D site in Israel, Microsoft's CEO reiterates the stance that his company isn't offering a new bid for Yahoo, but rather seeking another transaction with the Net pioneer.

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said Thursday he knows how much he'd spend to buy Yahoo and accelerate his company's Internet play. Too bad he's not telling anyone else. Ballmer didn't provide any new insight into the company's efforts to buy the Silicon Valley pioneer during the meeting at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters, but he did indicate that an end to months of ...

Orissa number two in per capita investment Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer. Orissa’s per capita investment under implementation in December 2007 stood at Rs 78,569 crore ... with per capita investment of Rs 78,710. The top five ranked States were Haryana, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh

While Yahoo staves off a takeover bid from Microsoft and Microsoft braces for life after Bill Gates another high-tech pioneer, eBay, is at a digital crossroads.

Podcasting pioneer and author Michael W. Geoghegan has a great post today on his site that looks at making money with podcasts.