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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 --- 49 days ago http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/wake-us-when-mi.html
| Commenting on the latest development in the long-running corporate saga that has become known not so affectionately as Microhoo, financial blogger Paul Kedrosky wrote Tuesday night: "I can almost not bear to type these irritating words -- Microsoft is messing with Yahoo again." Can't bear to write them? Some people can't bear to read them. The long dance between the two companies got another nudge with a long story on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that Microsoft is continuing to talk with potential partners, including Time Warner and News Corp., about ways it might end up with Yahoo's search business. The piece also goes into great detail about how we got to this point, with some funny stories about Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang meeting for golf with mutual friends in Montana and laughing as they discuss a potential deal on Yang's plane. And then there was this gem:On April 15, the two sides met in Oregon at the Portland offices of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, the former law firm of Microsoft founder Bill Gates's father. With both companies concerned about leaks, Microsoft took pains to ensure that the meeting remained a secret. It instructed Mr. Yang and his coterie of advisers to drive to the back of the building, where a woman holding a closed red umbrella would be waiting for them at the loading dock.Golf games? Giggles? And a woman with a red ... |
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