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Monday, June 30, 2008

As Yahoo Stock Drops, Microsoft’s Sweetened Search Gets Cheaper

Apparently, according to Yahoo, Microsoft is as clever and deceptive as the buff and gun-toting Angelina Jolie in the new film “Wanted.”

BoomTown will get to that later. But with Yahoo shares hovering close to $20 a share, Microsoft has certainly got to be thrilled that the sweetened search ad deal it is currently preparing–including forking over about $10 billion for one-third of the company–is getting cheaper by the minute.

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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. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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