Y! Rejects MSFT Again


	Y! Rejects MSFT Again

Carl Lavin

7-13-2008 4:03 AM

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msft, yhoo, ichan

Carl Lavin says:

Now Ballmer might even lower the offer.

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<P><B>Yahoo Inc.</B> has rejected <B>Microsoft</B>'s latest attempt to buy its 
online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that <B>Yahoo</B> said 
would have dismantled its Internet franchise.</p> <P>As described by Yahoo <B></B>(nasdaq: <A class=maintkrlink 
href="http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=YHOO">YHOO</A> 
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</A>- <A 
href="http://www.forbes.com/peopletracker/results.jhtml?startRow=0&amp;name=&amp;ticker=YHOO">people 
</A>) in a statement released late Saturday, Microsoft <B></B>(nasdaq: <A 
class=maintkrlink 
href="http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=MSFT">MSFT</A> 
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</A>- <A 
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</A>) packaged its latest offer with activist investor Carl Icahn, a billionaire 
who is seeking to overthrow Yahoo's board of directors in a shareholder meeting 
scheduled for Aug. 1.</p> <P>Without providing many specifics, Yahoo said Microsoft renewed an earlier bid 
to buy the company's search engine and proposed turning over the remaining 
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