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...carcasses into a walled city. But the word is derived from the Latin sedere, which means "to sit." And that's precisely what Microsoft has been doing: sitting on Yahoo. By siege standards, six months is nothing. The Mongol siege of Xiangyang, in southern China and led by Kublai Khan, lasted six years...
...Steve Ballmer isn't going to be confused with a patient man like Kublai Khan. Ballmer launched The Siege of Yahoo on February 1 by throwing a brick through Yahoo's window with a shouted demand: Sell now! At $31 a share! Microsoft was pitching the black tent...
Like wedding chapels and funeral homes, The Weather Channel has become a permanent institution. For many people, "there is a sense of mystery and power about the weather," says Anstrom. Business strategist Shahid Khan of IBB Consulting in Princeton, N.J., says, "The Weather Channel has a very loyal following. It has cornered the entire market." The promise of a daily forecast may not be as sexy as, say, the new iPhone, but it is just as much a cash...
...Turkey would not go out so meekly. Or humbly. "We didn't deserve to lose," said defender Gökhan Zan. "If we look at the statistics we had more possession and more shots on goal, but it wasn't much of a help." It rarely is against Germany. Turkey coach Fatih Terim must now know what it feels like to manage a weekend amateur side, when the manager's most pressing issue often is: Will we be 11 today? Having lost four players to suspension - and don't get me started on the inconsistent refereeing - and five others...
...Khan's computer files reveal nuclear bomb blueprints...