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Microsoft-Yahoo talks intensify
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| The talks between the two have been continuing off and on since earlier this
| year, after Carol Bartz, Yahoo’s new chief executive, responded to
| Microsoft’s repeated overtures for discussions.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5415d954-7301-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058
Guess who's in? Microsoft's likely proxy fighter and agitator:
Yahoo board member Icahn wants Microsoft deal
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| Icahn declined to comment on the state of any negotiations between Yahoo and
| Microsoft. He had tried to broker a partnership between the two companies
| last year, when talks on Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo
| fell apart.
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| "I've been a strong advocate of getting a search deal done with Microsoft,"
| Icahn, who owns about 5 percent of Yahoo and is a director on its board, told
| Reuters on Friday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN1750646020090718?rpc=44
Recent:
Bartz, Bing tamp down Yahoo-Microsoft talk
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| Bartz says search engine Bing unlikely to make significant mark
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-revamp-raises-questions-on-yahoo-deal?siteid=yhoof
Bartz: Yahoo Is Fine, Thank You, Without Microsoft
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| Yahoo will do perfectly fine even if it doesn't strike any type of deal with
| Microsoft, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said Wednesday.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166049/bartz_yahoo_is_fine_thank_you_without_microsoft.html
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