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Web Advertisers Say End Is Near For Yahoo Search Ad Platform
Last Update: 6/13/2008 4:08:39 PM
By Scott Morrison
of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Yahoo Inc.’s (YHOO) decision to ink an ad pact with
rival Google Inc. (GOOG) likely marks the beginning of the end for Yahoo’s Panama
search advertising platform, advertisers [...]

Microsoft Open To Yahoo Talks Despite Google Pact -Reuters
Last Update: 6/13/2008 2:43:21 PM
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is still open to discussing an offer with Yahoo Inc.
(YHOO) despite its search-advertising pact with Google Inc. (GOOG), Reuters
reported Friday, citing a source. Microsoft lost interest in a full acquisition
of Yahoo because of fears the deal wouldn’t get [...]

Microsoft To Focus On Advertising,Web Search Business -Gates
Last Update: 5/9/2008 4:51:24 AM
JAKARTA (AP)–Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will focus on growing its own advertising
and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc.
(YHOO), Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.
Microsoft has not presented an alternative strategy to compete with its dominant
rival in the Internet business, Google [...]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) shares plunged 21% in premarket trading
Monday, removing about $8.7 billion in market value, as Wall Street resets the
Internet company’s worth after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) withdrew its acquisition
offer the weekend.
Yahoo’s recent price of $22.60 is nearly 32% below Microsoft’s offer price of $33
a share - which the Sunnyvale, Calif., company [...]

Microsoft plus Yahoo: Is it really over?
By John Letzing, MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:31 PM ET May 4, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With the Microsoft Corp. acquisition offer that
buoyed its stock now a thing of the past, and a more intimate relationship with
dominant rival Google Inc. on the horizon, Yahoo Inc. may face an uncertain
future.
While Microsoft (MSFT) [...]