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Microsoft Aims for Yahoo's Search Ad Biz

But execs don't like plan, which includes breaking up company

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2008 9:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – Microsoft's new offer to Yahoo includes breaking up the company and buying its search-advertising business, notions that have left Yahoo execs cold, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets and let Microsoft buy a minority stake in what's... Read full story »

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