Yahoo, Microsoft Rumor Mill Doesn't Get a Holiday

Yet another Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) -Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) rumor: this time that Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo!'s search business for $20 billion. Here's the denial from executives at both companies. With Jerry Yang on the way out, Carl Icahn buying more Yahoo! stock and the company desperate after its search deal with Google Inc. (GOOG) came apart, the likelihood of an acquisition of Yahoo!'s search business, or all of the company, remains very high. -- David Shabelman

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