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Abandoning Yahoo!: First Microsoft, Now Google
Brian Wingfield
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11-5-2008 1:04 PM
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Yahoo! shunned Microsoft's bid for a corporate marriage, but it's not so happy about Google backing out of a proposed deal.
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