Although talks over an equity stake do not appear active, Microsoft's top management remains open to a deal with Yahoo as pressure grows from shareholders to perform better against Google, the newspaper cited people familiar with the situation as saying.More info over here/
Microsoft and Yahoo have discussed possible options over the past year, the newspaper said. Microsoft could sell its MSN online network to Yahoo and take a minority stake in the Internet portal, it said.
Microsoft to buy stake in Yahoo?
Posted on Friday, May 05 2006 @ 7:12 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck