Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been talking about Yahoo again. According to MarketWatch,
You may recall that Yahoo turned down an offer of $33-a-share from Microsoft shortly before agreeing to the infamous search advertising deal with Google, which is still pending a federal investigation into antitrust issues. Microsoft was not pleased with the way that went down, and there has been a bitterness in the air ever since (ok, that bitterness was probably already there [particularly with Google]). Google even started
"Now there's no chance Microsoft would come back with the old offer,"
Yahoo intends to cut 3,500 jobs, "chiefly in sales and finance", on December 10th. Yahoo shares did rise 9% in early trading today though.
Update: To go ahead and squash any speculation, Microsoft issued a press release simply saying: “Our position hasn’t changed. Microsoft has no interest in acquiring Yahoo!; there are no discussions between the companies.”
Ballmer Talks About Yahoo!
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