Third Point LLC discloses stakes in Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., adding another activist investment firm to the technology takeover standoff.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Governor Rod Blagojevich's office says he is releasing all the agriculture money that had been tied up in a state budget standoff. Aides said today that it will be about a week before the paperwork is finished and the state ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich will release all the $38 million in agriculture money that had been tied up in a state budget standoff, plus an additional $32 million, his office said Friday. Aides said a day earlier the governor planned to ...

After a months-long standoff, Microsoft and Yahoo are in active merger talks, a person involved in the discussions said Friday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Reversing course, Gov. Rod Blagojevich agreed Thursday to release state money to agriculture programs, although it was not clear if agencies would get all of the $36 million that had been tied up in a state budget standoff ...

Yahoo Inc. let a Saturday deadline set by Microsoft Corp. to accept a merger pass in silence, setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titans. Impatient with the speed of negotiations, Microsoft had given Yahoo's board...

Yahoo Inc. let a Saturday deadline set by Microsoft Corp. to accept a merger pass in silence, setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titans.

Yahoo Inc. let a Saturday deadline set by Microsoft Corp. to accept a merger pass in silence, setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titans. Impatient with the speed of negotiations, Microsoft had given Yahoo's board...

Yahoo Inc. let a Saturday deadline set by Microsoft Corp. to accept a merger pass in silence, setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titans. Impatient with the speed of negotiations, Microsoft had given Yahoo's board...