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Kougar
05-04-2007, 11:27 PM
The end of the world as we know it? :hide:

Microsoft is willing to lay down $50 billion for Yahoo Inc. say reports


The search and advertising industry could change drastically over the next year if Microsoft has its way with Yahoo. In the last several weeks, it was well publicized that Microsoft and Google went head on in a bidding war for Internet advertising giant DoubleClick. Eventually, Google won and settled with DoubleClick for roughly $3.1 billion -- a sum that had analysts questioning Microsoft's true motives.

Despite an impending deal with Yahoo, Microsoft hasn’t taken its eyes completely off the Google – DoubleClick deal. Microsoft is loudly voicing its opinion against the deal and has asked regulators to carefully monitor the acquisition.

Unabridged article is at http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+in+Talks+to+Buy+Yahoo+For+50+Billion+USD/article7162.htm

vfrex
05-05-2007, 02:59 PM
I'm really not thrilled with some of the stuff that yahoo has come out with lately. Their new webmail is ugly, finance charts are a pain. Maybe microsoft can do better :p

Nocutius
05-05-2007, 07:54 PM
Hopefully something good comes out of this, even though i don't like the idea.