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New York Post by Peter Lauria, Zachery Kouwe | May. 4, 2007 (News Report)

Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.

While Microsoft and Yahoo! have held informal deal talks over the years, sources say the latest approach signals an urgency on Microsoft's part that has up until now been lacking. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Marty Heyman - May 4, 2007 - 8:18 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Marty Heyman (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Ari Hakkarainen (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Kelly Garrett (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - May 4, 2007 - 9:27 AM PDT
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 by Fabrice Florin - May. 4, 2007

Interesting observations, but poorly sourced and largely speculative.

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 by Marty Heyman - May. 4, 2007

This interesting story is marred by a lack of attributed sources. Otherwise, it has good insight and information.

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 by Ari Hakkarainen - May. 4, 2007

Despite the unnamed sources, these reporters are doing valuable work. This information, which the sources have had longer than we who are reading this, affects prices in the stock markets.

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