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And the plot thickens!
Now there's word from the Wall Street Journal that Yahoo [YHOO
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Couple the outsourcing of ads with Google [GOOG
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Bottomline: Yahoo can do a deal with Google but it still doesn't eclipse the offer from Microsoft. And if Microsoft gains control of Yahoo, it can quickly unravel any deal with Google, if it chooses to, if only to appease "anti-trust concerns." The irony is palpable.
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