Microsoft to buy Yahoo!?!
Forbes.com has a news article stating that Microsoft has asked search engine opertator Yahoo! to re-enter formal negotiations for an acquisition which could be worth somewhere around $50 billion. This is just one of many attempts Microsoft has made to buy Yahoo!, so it will be interesting to see how this one pans out.
Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) is feeling increasing pressure to compete with Google Inc. (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), which plans to beef up its portfolio with a $3.1 billion buy of online advertising company DoubleClick Inc. Earlier this week, Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) said it would buy 80 percent of advertising exchange Right Media for $680 million, increasing its stake in that company to full control.
