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Google Wins in Microsoft Yahoo Merger Bid

Google Wins in Microsoft Yahoo Merger Bid. Microsoft and Yahoo were pushed to the brink of a multibillion-dollar marriage and then to a sudden breakup this weekend by the same player.
It was Google, The New York Times says, in the odd dual role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler.
Google’s phenomenal rise, after all, prodded [...]

Microsoft Yahoo Merger Bid: Microsoft and News Corp. lock arms for a joint bid for Yahoo?

Microsoft Yahoo Merger Bid: Microsoft and News Corp. lock arms for a joint bid for Yahoo?
Are Microsoft and News Corp. locking arms for a joint bid for Yahoo? That would be something.
According to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal, the two industry titans are in “serious talks” over such a deal.
And a New [...]