News Sources: Yahoo! Takeover Attempt

Software titan Microsoft’s bold $44.6 billion bid to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc on Friday may shake up the industry like no deal has done in a long time. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news soures and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Alva W. Butcher - Associate Professor of Business Leadership, University of Puget Sound - Butcher specializes in corporate finance and specifically in share repurchase and Internet stock offerings.

David Newton - Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, Westmont College - Newton is an expert on corporate finance and investments, and innovation strategy/change management/intellectual capital. He has written numerous books, including How to Be an Internet-Stock Investor.

L. Stephen Bowers - Professor of Business and Economics, Ursinus College - Bowers spent 20 years in executive leadership, 16 as CEO of a manufacturing and technology company serving a worldwide market. His turnaround consulting firm helped businesses regain growth and profitability, with impressive results. He serves on the boards of several manufacturing and tech firms, and maintains a consulting practice concentrating on the turnaround of troubled manufacturing companies.