Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo search

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has proposed to buy Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) search business and take a minority stake in the Web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
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As part of the deal, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets including significant minority stakes in Yahoo Japan (4689.T) and China's Alibaba Group, while Microsoft would buy a chunk of what remains of the company, the source said.

The talks were revealed by the two companies on Sunday, but they declined to reveal the terms of the discussions. Earlier this month, Microsoft walked away from a proposal to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, after Yahoo rebuffed the offer, saying it would only settle for $37 a share.


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What would happened if microsoft bought yahoo search?
Any difference?

[Kailash]

Obviously there should be a big change as both are huge company also Google will need to put some more effort to stay on number one. But now it seems that there is less chance to overtake Yahoo by Microsoft.

Kailash

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Emm. Sometimes this is business strategy. We don't know their strategy and what in their mind. But hopefully the changes will give us benefit no matter what happen.