• Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!: Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc.
  “REDMOND, Wash., May 3, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)”
  (tags: microsoft yahoo news business acquisitions google)
• BREAKING: MICROSOFT WALKS | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
  “Microsoft was also concerned with the lack of friendly integration and other major strategic problems, including the email monopoly that would arise from the merger of the two companies”
  (tags: microsoft yahoo business acquisitions google news)

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