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  • Microsoft still wooing Yahoo, but not to buy

    Microsoft and Yahoo once again speaking to each other, with sources saying the latest talks involve a deal short of an acquisition.

  • The truth behind Ballmer's revision of history

    While speaking in Moscow, Microsoft CEO and Yahoo suitor Steve Ballmer said, "Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing, it was a way to accelerate our online advertising business... We will spend money on some acquisitions. You can do a whole lot of things with $50 billion."

  • Yahoo sheds executives like balding men do hair

    Yahoo is headed for a reorganisation that, combined with an exodus of top Yahoo executives, will in all likelihood put power in dramatically fewer hands.

  • Microsoft's withdrawal: Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO

    After talks broke down on Saturday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent this letter to Yahoo chief Jerry Yang, signalling the end of the epic takeover attempt.

  • Yahoo hyped on Digg-alike Buzz tool

    Although Yahoo executives speaking at an online ad conference on Monday were mum on Microsoft's takeover attempt, they were quick to tease a new feature -- due out this week -- on their home page which could be their rumoured competitor to social news aggregator Digg.

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