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29 Jul 2009 09:12

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Biz, Tech: The stock market really doesn’t like the MS-Yahoo deal

  • 7% tumble in Yahoo’s stock following the deal’s announcement source

29 Jul 2009 09:07

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft and Yahoo, looking take on Google, find each other

  • It’s official. Yahoo has thrown in the towel. Microsoft and Yahoo have been talking about a search partnership for a while – talks that intensified after merger talks fell through, and now they see eye to eye on a 10-year partnership. MS will bring the Bing-Bing in the form of search, and Yahoo will bring the ching-ching in the form of advertising. The partnership makes them a formidable search competitor to Google’s 800-pound gorilla. source