Putting Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo In Perspective
by James R. Stoup on May 09, 2008After hearing that Microsoft was walking away from its offer to buy Yahoo, I got to thinking what else they could buy with that kind of mony. Here are some ideas. For $45 Billion Microsoft …(read more)
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