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Microsoft Crosses a Line

Posted on July 08, 2008

Until today I ve largely been a big supporter of Microsoft s (MSFT) efforts to acquire Yahoo (YHOO). A couple of days before Microsoft placed its initial $44.6 billion bid for the company, I told Fox Business Channel that a Microsoft merger had to happen to save Yahoo (and I certainly wasn t the first to say this, I just had magnificent timing). Throughout the ups and downs and stupendous drama of the negotiations, I held firm that a deal was in the best interests of both companies. Not because I m a huge Microsoft fan, but because the health of the Internet requires a competitive sear...

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