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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:01 pm

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday<b>,</b> Nov. 19<b>,</b> 2008<b>,</b> in Bellevue<b>,</b> Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc.<b>,</b> Ballmer said Wednesday<b>,</b> though he told shareholders that the company would still be 'very open' to a collaboration on Internet search. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Elaine Thompson<b>)</b>AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be “very open” to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 19 percent.



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