Microsoft CFO: Yahoo Needs To Hurry Up

Steve Ballmer is perhaps - perhaps - best known for doing monkey dances while covered in sweat.  But if anyone thought he was pushing the Yahoo issue alone, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has stepped forward to talk about the situation.

Much of what Liddell said during an earnings-related conference calls echoed Ballmer's more ominous statements.  "Speed is of the essence for the deal to make sense," he began.  "Unfortunately, the transaction has been anything but speedy and has been characterized by what would appear to be unrealistic expectations of value."

It's interesting that Microsoft still hasn't settled on a single threat; the company's leaders surely have some idea of what they'll do within the next 24 hours.  Still, the main point here is that the leaders seem to be in agreement, despite what less powerful