A Step Back for Microsoft New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago By STEVE LOHR Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, walked away from a Yahoo deal on Saturday still looking for an answer to his company’s …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Yahoo CEO to Face Tough Challenges Ahead DailyTech, IL - 1 hour ago Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang may have fended off Microsoft, but he may face even bigger challenges tomorrow. The Yahoo/Microsoft saga finally came to a conclusion …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft pulls out. Whats next for Yahoo? abc7news.com, CA - 1 hour ago By Lilian Kim SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Yahoo shareholders could be in for a rude awakening after Microsoft dropped its offer to buy the company. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft pulls out of Yahoo takeover SmartCompany.com.au, Australia - 1 hour ago Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says he cannot justify paying $US37 a share for Yahoo, and has all but given up his attempt to acquire the search …YHOO - MSFT

Yahoo’s AOL, Google deals still in the works CNET News.com, CA - 1 hour ago Microsoft may no longer be breathing down its neck, but Yahoo is still working on major deals with Google and Time Warner’s AOL that could significantly …

Microsoft may seek other deal to fight Google guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp could seek a variety of deals after walking away from Yahoo Inc, but few would be …GOOG - MSFT - YHOO

With Microsoft walking away from Yahoo, all eyes are on Jerry Yang San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago (05-04) 17:57 PDT SUNNYVALE — Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is under intense pressure now that Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its mega merger proposal for the …YHOO - MSFT

Yahoo! prices itself out of deal with Microsoft Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago Internet search engine says it is about to enter the ‘most important transition’ in its history after spurning software giant’s unwelcome overtures. …YHOO - MSFT

After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago By MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO — How low will Yahoo’s stock go on Monday? And how long will it stay there? These questions are high in the minds of Yahoo …YHOO

Microsoft ends bid for Yahoo Afterdawn.com - 2 hours ago A couple of days ago the software maker upped its bid $5 billion USD, a 70 percent premium compared to its inital offer in January. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft’s loss is Google’s gain Scopical, Australia - 2 hours ago Microsoft has abandoned it’s plans to takeover second-placing internet search giant Yahoo!, saying the cost was too high. Microsoft had sought to takeover …MSFT - GOOG - YHOO

MicroHoo we hardly knew ye Computerworld Australia, Australia - 2 hours ago Read up on the latest ideas and technologies from companies that sell hardware, software and services. Zones provide focussed content from Computerworld and …

Yahoo set to plunge after Microsoft’s $46bn bid is withdrawn Independent, UK - 3 hours ago By Sean Farrell Yahoo shares are set to tumble today after its dismissal of an improved $46.5bn (£23.6bn) takeover approach from Microsoft prompted the …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft pulls out of Yahoo! purchase Trading Markets (press release), CA - 3 hours ago May 04, 2008 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) — – Microsoft has withdrawn its hostile $US44.6 billion offer for Yahoo!, stating that …YHOO - MSFT - TYO:4689

Timeline: Microsoft’s secret Yahoo meetings Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours ago Now that Microsoft has withdrawn its bid for Yahoo, new details are emerging about the behind-the-scenes discussions between the companies. …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft plus Yahoo: Is it really over? MarketWatch - 4 hours ago By John Letzing, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With the Microsoft Corp. acquisition offer that buoyed its stock now a thing of the past, …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo Financial Post, Canada - 4 hours ago NEW YORK — After successfully fending off an unwanted takeover attempt by Microsoft Corp., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc. chief executive, may have a new foe to …MSFT - YHOO

TechSpin: What Now for Yahoo and Microsoft? Red Herring, CA - 4 hours ago by Joel Dreyfuss It’s not the end of the story, to borrow a line from “The Matrix,” but just the beginning for both Microsoft and Yahoo. …YHOO - MSFT

Rejected Microsoft rounds on Yahoo! over Google deal Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago By Richard Tyler Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, has warned Yahoo! that it faces ruin if it pushes ahead with a planned advertising deal with …YHOO - MSFT - GOOG

Who Can Compete With Google? ABC News - 4 hours ago By GIGI STONE It was supposed to create a new top result for the Web search, “Who rules the Internet?” Microsoft, by aquiring Yahoo, was going to become big …GOOG

Microsoft drops bid after Yahoo rejects higher offer USA Today - 4 hours ago By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft (MSFT) dropped its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo (YHOO) late Saturday, after the two tech titans could …MSFT - YHOO

Investors eye Yahoo’s alternatives to Microsoft IT Business Net, CA - 4 hours ago By Michele Gershberg and Anupreeta Das A woman jogs in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White NEW …YHOO - MSFT

Yahoo braves shareholders’ ire in refusing Microsoft’s $47bn offer guardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours ago A Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo! in New York. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP Yahoo is in danger of a …YHOO - MSFT

‘Microsoft can do it without Yahoo’ Daily Times, Pakistan - 4 hours ago Microsoft can build a competitive online advertising business without Yahoo but it ‘could just take more time,’ CEO Steve Ballmer told the Wall Street …YHOO - MSFT

WSJ BLOG: Microsoft-Yahoo: Translating Ballmer s Letter CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago What did Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer really mean in his rejection letter to Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang ? …MSFT - YHOO - TYO:4689

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo deal saying price is too high San Jose Mercury News, USA - 4 hours ago By Pete Carey and Elise Ackerman Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed last week not to pay “a dime” more than he thought Yahoo was worth, …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft Gives Up On Yahool Deal TrustedReviews, UK - 4 hours ago Three months on from its original bid and after placing a further $5bn on the table (bringing the total to $49.6bn) Microsoft has given up its hopes of …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft pulls plug on bid for Yahoo Scotsman, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago By Jane Bradley MICROSOFT has walked away from its bid for internet search giant Yahoo after the firm rejected its increased offer of $47.5 billion (£24bn). …MSFT - YHOO

Yahoo has ‘Monkey Boy’ Going Bananas DaniWeb, VA - 4 hours ago I’ve never liked Steve Ballmer very much as president of Microsoft. I don’t know the man personally, of course, and I could never quite put my finger on my …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft Moves ON KCBS, CA - 4 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investors are expected to react Monday to Microsoft’s withdrawal of a $47.5 takeover bid for Internet search pioneer, Yahoo, …MSFT - YHOO

How Microsoft abandoned its bid for Yahoo! Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 4 hours ago Microsoft has abandoned its blockbuster bid to acquire the internet giant Yahoo! after a fresh takeover offer of almost $US50 billion ($53.4 billion) was …YHOO - MSFT

Ballmer’s Out? When Pigs Fly! All Things D Blogs, CA - 4 hours ago The blogosphere immediately jumped all over the inevitable meme that after the Yahoo deal fell apart Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s job was at risk. …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft and Yahoo: Not even on the same page CNET News.com, CA - 5 hours ago Despite a brief moment of optimism heading into Saturday, Microsoft and Yahoo were really never closer to doing a merger deal than two ships passing in the …YHOO - MSFT

Sizing up Microsoft and Yahoo: Did anybody win? Computerworld, MA - 5 hours ago By Linda Rosencrance May 4, 2008 (Computerworld) Now that Microsoft Corp. has dropped its bid to take over Yahoo Inc., industry analysts assessed what …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft Stunned by Yahoo’s Snubs CNBC, NJ - 5 hours ago With Microsoft now walking away from its unsolicited bid for Yahoo, new details are emerging as to just how bizarre these negotiations — or lack thereof …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft’s loss of Yahoo! is Google’s gain Times Online, UK - 5 hours ago As Microsoft and Yahoo! squabbled their way into an impasse, the clear winner is Google. The market-leading search engine is left with two competitors, …YHOO - MSFT - GOOG

Summary Box: Yahoo faces pressure after Microsoft ends bid The Associated Press - 5 hours ago THE FALLING OUT: Microsoft Corp. withdrew a takeover bid after Yahoo Inc. said it wouldn’t sell for less than $37 per share. Microsoft wasn’t willing to pay …

Microsoft gets the shaft by Yahoo Neoseeker - 5 hours ago After trying to acquire Internet company Yahoo! before (at 31 per share), Microsoft has thrown in the towel after their recent second offer. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer may get second bite at Yahoo! Times Online, UK - 5 hours ago Only three months ago Microsoft had seemed so bold. After more than a year scouring Yahoo!’s books, with the aid of Morgan Stanley bankers and Blackstone, …MSFT - YHOO

Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft’s $47.5B bid KESQ, CA - 6 hours ago AP - May 4, 2008 5:34 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten his chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 …YHOO - MSFT

AOL contacts Microsoft as Steve Ballmer walks away from Yahoo! bid Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago AOL, the internet arm of Time Warner, has approached Microsoft about a possible tie-up as a deal between the software group and Yahoo! unravelled, …YHOO - MSFT

AP Business NewsBrief at 5:00 pm EDT TMCnet - 6 hours ago (AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft’s $47.5B bidSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry …YHOO - MSFT - CAG

AP Top News at 5:00 pm EDT TMCnet - 6 hours ago (AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar, state-run TV reportsYANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A powerful cyclone killed more than …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft drops Yahoo bid: Reaction from around the Web Seattle Times, United States - 6 hours ago There’s no shortage of punditry and analysis on Microsoft’s decision late Saturday to walk away from its proposed purchase of Yahoo. …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Yang’s Email to Yahoo Staff Wall Street Journal - 6 hours ago today microsoft announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire yahoo!. from the beginning of this process, our independent board and leadership …YHOO

Microsoft abandons Yahoo acquisition Computerworld, MA - 6 hours ago By Juan Carlos Perez May 3, 2008 (IDG News Service) Microsoft Corp. has dropped its nearly three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo Inc., ending a historic …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Expert: Microsoft should refocus on software Seattle Post Intelligencer - 6 hours ago One outside expert in a unique position to assess Microsoft’s prospects, following the withdrawal of its Yahoo bid, is Michael Cusumano, a professor at …MSFT - YHOO

AP Top News at 5:00 pm EDT The Associated Press - 6 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion …

TIMELINE: Microsoft attempt to buy Yahoo Reuters - 6 hours ago (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Saturday ended a three-month public effort to buy Yahoo Inc. Following is a timeline of key events in the corporate courtship, …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft Flags Yahoo Bid Newsroom America, New Zealand - 7 hours ago The BBC reports that the chief executive of the software giant, Steve Ballmer, withdrew Microsoft’s three-month-old bid in a letter to Yahoo chief executive …MSFT - YHOO

Ballmer Wisely Doesn’t Overplay Microsoft’s Hand Seeking Alpha, NY - 7 hours ago As expected and discussed recently, Microsoft (MSFT) did raise its offer for Yahoo! (YHOO) to $33 a share. Also as expected, Yahoo! wanted more. …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo acquisition – Google wins TG Daily - 7 hours ago By Wolfgang Gruener Redmond (WA) – Microsoft has pulled the emergency brake and decided that it will not pursue a purchase of Yahoo. …YHOO - MSFT - GOOG

As Deal Unravels, Pressure Is on Yahoo to Perform CNBC, NJ - 7 hours ago By Reuters | 04 May 2008 | 03:37 PM ET Now that Microsoft has withdrawn it’s bid, the pressure is on Yahoo to prove it can revive its languishing stock …YHOO

Without Yahoo!, Microsoft is left to continue failing alone CNET Blogs, CA - 7 hours ago Microsoft has officially pulled out of its offer for Yahoo!. With Yahoo! goes Microsoft’s best chance to transform its culture and technology to become more …YHOO - MSFT

MicroHoo: The End of the Beginning New York Times Blogs, NY - 7 hours ago It has always been a bit of a mystery why Microsoft didn’t immediately go fully hostile on Yahoo after the first round of letters and Yahoo’s initial …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft withdraws offer to buy Yahoo CBC.ca, Canada - 8 hours ago Microsoft on Saturday abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can’t agree on a sale price. In a letter sent to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, …YHOO - MSFT

Ballmer seals all Yahoo exits Reuters - 8 hours ago Microsoft dumped its offer to buy Yahoo on Saturday. A closer reading of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s letter to Yahoo’s Jerry Yang shows Microsoft is …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft drops bid to acquire Yahoo! Hindu, India - 8 hours ago New York/Silicon Valley: Software giant Microsoft has abandoned its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo! after the two failed to agree on an acceptable price. …YHOO - MSFT

The Real Losers in the Failed Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Appscout, NY - 8 hours ago Officially, it’s now two days after Microsoft walked away from the Yahoo deal. However, given the little information currently available (statements from …YHOO - MSFT

Yahoo’s Deterrents Pay Off, Microsoft Walks Away eFluxMedia - 8 hours ago By Dan Keane Microsoft today announced that it has officially withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo. Ballmer has also published his letter to Yahoo’s boss …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo deal Business Standard, India - 8 hours ago Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo as the internet company continued to reject the terms of the proposed deal, despite a higher …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft has options after dropping Yahoo bid MSNBC - 8 hours ago By Allison Linn Microsoft’s decision to drop its pursuit of rival Yahoo could free the software giant to strike other deals aimed at better competing with …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Microsoft-Yahoo. Ahhh. What could have been. Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 8 hours ago Well, since it won’t be, technology websites began handicapping what happens next and trying to figure out what went wrong between Steve and Jerry. …MSFT - YHOO

Timeline: Microsoft, Yahoo’s merger-and-acquisition dance The Associated Press - 8 hours ago A chronology of events leading to Microsoft Corp.’s decision to abandon its offer for Web search and advertising competitor Yahoo Inc.: Feb. …

Competitive zeal of Ballmer key element in Yahoo chase The Associated Press - 8 hours ago REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — As Yahoo continued to resist Microsoft’s $42 billion takeover offer, a key question was just how far Microsoft’s excitable CEO, …

Microsoft gives up Yahoo hunt, leaves Google to bag the kill Ars Technica, MA - 8 hours ago By Anders Bylund | Published: May 04, 2008 - 01:27PM CT Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady. Romeo and Juliet. …YHOO - MSFT - GOOG

Yahoo Shares Poised To Drop Monday As Microsoft Walks InformationWeek, NY - 8 hours ago Yahoo leaders Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang said they’re relieved that Microsoft has taken its merger proposal off the table. Will they still feel that way …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft pulls out of Yahoo deal Absolute Gadget, UK - 9 hours ago Microsoft has dropped its bid to buy Yahoo, after the two sides failed to agree on a sale price. The end of negotiations, which started three months ago, …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft withdraws bid for Yahoo Howrah News Service, India - 9 hours ago By OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore, May 4: Micro-soft on Saturday announced that it had withdrawn its $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo. …YHOO - MSFT

MS bid tried to check Google Howrah News Service, India - 9 hours ago By S. Raghotham Bangalore, May 4: Micro-soft is the leader when it comes to the desktop, with its Windows operating system commanding over 90 per cent of …GOOG

Brier Dudley It looks like Microsoft came to its senses Seattle Times, United States - 9 hours ago People in Seattle used to throw fits about all the Californians coming here and mucking things up. Now it’s going the other direction, judging from the way …MSFT

Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Bid TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 9 hours ago Microsoft abandoned its plan to overtake rival search giant Yahoo on Saturday after the two sides failed to agree on a price. …MSFT - YHOO

Yahoo shares boosted on bid hopes Tehran Times, Iran - 10 hours ago Shares in Yahoo jumped 7% amid expectation Microsoft is preparing to increase its bid for the company. Microsoft is reported to be talking to the internet …

Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Collapse Could Prove Beneficial to AOL Wall Street Journal - 10 hours ago By GEORGE STAHL Time Warner Inc. and its AOL unit could become the biggest beneficiary in the breakdown of merger talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo …YHOO - MSFT - TWX

Microsoft’s On Again, Off Again Dance With Yahoo Off…For Now Adrants, MA - 10 hours ago Wait. Huh? OK, not that we didn’t know this deal would never happen but, please, can we just be done with it? Thankfully, it seems we are. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft drops bid for Yahoo Men’s News Daily, CA - 10 hours ago Microsoft has announced it is dropping it bid to acquire one of their Internet competitors, Yahoo, after a three-month courting effort by Microsoft. …

Microsoft withdraws offer to buy Yahoo RIA Novosti, Russia - 10 hours ago NEW YORK, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - Microsoft Corp withdrew on Saturday its offer to buy Yahoo unwilling to pay an additional $5.5 billion for the Internet …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft withdraws bid for Yahoo CNNMoney.com - 10 hours ago Software maker walks away after it says it raised its offer to $46 billion - says economics demanded by Yahoo ‘do not make sense.’ By Mark M. Meinero, …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft Will End Up Buying Yahoo! Anyway Sys-Con Italia (Comunicati Stampa) - 10 hours ago Who else will write a check for Yahoo! for that amount? Larry Ellison? No. IBM? No. Google is not even in the picture Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David …YHOO - MSFT - GOOG

Microsoft Sweetens Yahoo Bid; Yahoo Again Declines; Microsoft … Marketing Vox News - 11 hours ago Following insider speculation that Microsoft had increased its bid for Yahoo “by a few dollars,” resulting in merger talks, Microsoft announced Saturday …MSFT - YHOO

Does Ballmer Need To Go? TechCrunch, CA - 11 hours ago Microsoft’s dramatic decision this weekend to withdraw its offer for Yahoo and not pursue a hostile bid raises a whole host of questions. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 11 hours ago Microsoft announced Saturday it is withdrawing its offer for Yahoo in a surprise that stunned many industry analysts and Wall Street investors. …YHOO - MSFT

MicroHoo Deal Collapses: What a Mess Traffick - 11 hours ago The following is just my take today. Others in my company, and me last week or a week from now, might feel differently. In the wake of Microsoft withdrawing …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft Is Done Pursuing Yahoo! WebProNews, KY - 12 hours ago By Nathan Weinberg - Sun, 05/04/2008 - 11:14am. Microsoft announced it will not be going forward with its plan to buy Yahoo, after it was clear the two …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins ZDNet - 12 hours ago In a press release from Microsoft yesterday, Steve Ballmer said that it officially withdrawals it’s bid for the acquisition of Yahoo, and cites the deal …GOOG - YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft, Yahoo, and Web Workers WebWorkerDaily, CA - 12 hours ago Surely you’ve seen the news by now: Microsoft has called off its attempt to buy Yahoo!. While there’s plenty of analysis flying around the blogosphere, …YHOO - MSFT

Leaving Las Yahoo: Microsoft’s $5 Billion Mistake? Search Engine Land, CT - 12 hours ago If Microsoft’s walkaway from the Yahoo deal is indeed a ploy to save $5 billion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have proven himself pennywise and pound …MSFT - YHOO - GOOG

Logging off on Yahoo deal Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 12 hours ago MICROSOFT pulled its $US50 billion ($A53.67 billion) offer for Yahoo at the weekend ending a four-month duel that captured the attention of US investors. …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft give up bid for Yahoo! Times Online, UK - 12 hours ago Microsoft last night walked away from a three month, $47.5 billion fight to seize its larger internet rival Yahoo! in a move that will force the online …YHOO - MSFT

Ballmer Avoids His AOL-Time Warner; Can’t Find His MySpace Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 13 hours ago Oh, what the heck, let’s do both. Though we’ll go light on the praise part. Because Microsoft has proven itself to be horrendous at this whole M&A game. …MSFT

Microsoft Rejects Yahoo’s Price Demands, Abandons Bid Washington Post, United States - 13 hours ago By Peter Whoriskey After weeks of negotiations and posturing, Microsoft is giving up its efforts to buy Yahoo, saying that the price the Internet firm is …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft scraps Yahoo bid TeleText, UK - 13 hours ago Microsoft has withdrawn its bid to buy Yahoo after efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price failed. The talks reached breaking point after …YHOO - MSFT

Microsoft Rescinds Yahoo Offer Dslreports - 13 hours ago There was a flurry of excitement this weekend when Microsoft and Yahoo resumed talk about a merger but it turns out the excitement was all for nothing. …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft walks on Yahoo deal CIO Weblog, CA - 13 hours ago Microsoft finally withdrew itself from the brink of madness yesterday by formally withdrawing its proposal to purchase Yahoo, a conclusion which always …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft Dumps Bid for Yahoo! IDM.net.au, Australia - 13 hours ago By Greg McNevin May 5, 2008: On Saturday Microsoft publicly withdrew its bid for Yahoo!, ending three months of intense speculation. …YHOO - MSFT

Shock and Awe: Microsoft Dumps Yahoo! Windows IT Pro, CO - 14 hours ago This weekend, Microsoft abruptly ended its takeover bid for ailing online giant Yahoo! after failing to come to terms on the value of the transaction. …YHOO - MSFT

Ballmer Pulls Microsoft Out Of Talks With Yahoo dBTechno, MA - 14 hours ago Boston (dbTechno) - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has come out and stated that the company is no longer going to try and pursue the Internet …MSFT - YHOO

Microsoft withdraws Yahoo offer MWC News, Canada - 14 hours ago By Agencies The decision came after Microsoft’s attempt to increase its offer price to $33 per share was rejected by Yahoo for not meeting the asking price …YHOO - MSFT