Microsoft – Yahoo: Just a Rumor
November 30, 2008
The London Times pumped up traffic to its Web site with its report that Microsoft was going to buy Yahoo’s search unit for billions. Reuters, on the other hand, posted “Microsoft Yahoo Deal Total Fiction” and cited the Web log “All Things Digital.” You can read the Reuters’ article here. Sitting in rainy London with a flakey Internet connection, I have no clue what’s going on. I find it hard to believe that the London Times would get a story completely wrong. I was curious about Carl Icahn’s increasing his stake in the rudderless Yahoo. Nothing about Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s interests are stable. The one fixed point in this drama is the fact that Google enjoys a commanding lead in Internet search. Maybe Google tipped the Times of London to watch the Redmond giant and the Yahoo dwarf react?
Stephen Arnold, Novmeber 30, 2008
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