Microsoft Looks To Refuel Talks With Yahoo

froggero1 writes "The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft wants to rekindle the takeover talks with Yahoo. According to the article, Yahoo! has repeatability turned away their offers, but Microsoft hopes that a lucrative 50 billion dollar offer will bring them back to the table. This move would increase Microsoft's web search market share to roughly 38%."

Indeed...

[locokamil]

... I repeatability wonder why the grammar is so poor in Slashdot articles.

In other news

[lucabrasi999]

The NY Post says that John Kerry will pick Dick Gephart as his running mate.

Re:Too easy?

[otacon]

You would hope Google would have something to say. If Google doesn't quit counting their money and building Ferris wheels and bumper cars in employee break rooms someone is going to catch up and take them down a peg or two.

If at first you don't succeed

[Virtex]

If at first you don't succeed, try try to buy out your closest competitor.

Balmer hears a hoo

[goombah99]

$50,000,000,000 seems like a lot for yahoo

You're reading it with the wrong accent

"fifty Beeeeeeellion dollars"

Previous Yahoo merger talks

[frank249]

This reminds me of when Netscape and Yahoo were in talks to merge. They were going to move the headquarters to Israel and call the new company Net'n'Yahoo.

Re:Repeatability?

[ein_grosses_pils]

No, no. The context is more analogous to the "drinkability" of Budweiser, as alleged in the little soliloquy on cans sold in the U.S.