Conflicting reports on Yahoo!-Microsoft

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Posted Jun 25th 2008 12:00PM by Tech Confidential
Filed under: Deals

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) shares were roughly flat in early trading on Wednesday after gaining 3% on Tuesday on word that the company was again talking deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Though shares spiked on reports that talks were in progress, they settled down quickly because of conflicting reports as to the extent of the talks. While technology blog TechCrunch reported the two sides were in discussions on an outright acquisition of Yahoo!, other reports indicated the two had revived discussions of an acquisition of Yahoo!'s search business.

A source close to Yahoo! late Tuesday said the TechCrunch report was "miles off," but could not confirm the two companies were again talking about a deal for the search business. The source did note that when Yahoo! announced it would be outsourcing a portion of its search advertising business to rival Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the terms did not preclude Yahoo! from selling all or part of its business.

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