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      Posted by Jeff from Idealog.US

      Within days (of Google's deal with AOL), speculation was rampant that Microsoft, determined to keep itself in the game, had offered to buy Yahoo Inc. for $80 billion. If rumors were to be believed, the Microsoft bid a premium of more than 30% over the Web giant's current market value was rejected by Yahoo as too low. Now, Reuters reports that the options market for Yahoo shares is heating up as well: On Tuesday, a combined total of 103,673 Yahoo options traded in the U.S. options market -- dominated by more than 81,000 calls, more than its normal volume of 35,449 contracts, according to market research firm Track Data.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid

    This Yahoo bid was stupid from the beginning. Microsoft was going to spend all its cash to chase Google in the advertising business? Huh? Ballmer clearly backed down when he didn’t want to ante up. I suspect the Microsoft board had second thoughts as well.

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    7:14 pm 5/03/08
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    aknight comments on:

    Blodget: MicroHoo ‘is gonna be a disaster’

    At best a year to get the deal closed, two for integration. Multiple groups on each side working on similar projects… Sounds like a great idea and a nightmare to integrate.

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    6:30 pm 2/14/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Google, Yahoo, Microsoft adopt same Web index tool

    Earlier this fall, I posted free source code for a PHP Class that generates these site maps.

    PHP Class SiteMap Generator

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    12:38 pm 11/16/06
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Hawking looks for answers on Yahoo

    He's one sexy beotch

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    11:38 pm 7/09/06
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