As BoomTown reported on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Microsoft and Yahoo have been chatting away informally, after a week of faux-wrestling.
It’s been like WrestleMania, except without the excitement and anticipation. Also, no cool names or outfits.
Hopefully, we will find out this morning the 411 on the Microsoft’s (MSFT) latest parry in its attempted takeover of Yahoo (YHOO).
But, before that, let me get this straight: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer now wants to go hostile on Yahoo with a proxy fight.
Because earlier this week, he sent smoke signals that he was considering [...]
Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.
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