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Bill Gates All About Independence Now

It's a common negotiation tactic: go to the dealership, look at a car, and leave.  The dealership may drop the price when you come back, and if it doesn't, there are other cars, anyway.  But according to Bill Gates, Microsoft isn't pulling this stunt with Yahoo.

Bill Gates Okay With Ballmer's Decisions

Recounting the recent Microsoft-Yahoo stuff would be a waste of space; we all know what happened and who was involved.  One name rarely came up, though, and in case anyone was wondering what Bill Gates thought about the outcome, well . . . he doesn't seem to have lost sleep over it.

Yahoo Still Standing After Closing Bell

Ben Franklin might not have agreed, but after Microsoft withdrew its offer, the drop in Yahoo's stock became as certain as death and taxes.  The only surprise was that, after a full day of trading, the drop was more of a dip than a plunge.

Microsoft Is Done Pursuing Yahoo!

Microsoft announced it will not be going forward with its plan to buy Yahoo, after it was clear the two sides could not agree on a price, and Steve Ballmer elected not to risk his entire career on the deal. Here are some links about the news:

Keeping Yahoo Employees Worth $1.5B To Microsoft

Rumor has it that, if Microsoft is successful in acquiring Yahoo, many Yahoo employees will promptly quit in order to receive at least four months' (and up to two years') worth of severance pay.  Now, to make sure some people stick around, it seems Microsoft will spend $1.5 billion.

Microsoft CFO: Yahoo Needs To Hurry Up

Steve Ballmer is perhaps - perhaps - best known for doing monkey dances while covered in sweat.  But if anyone thought he was pushing the Yahoo issue alone, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has stepped forward to talk about the situation.

Despite Report, Yahoo, Microsoft Still Stuck

Everyone hoping for a conclusive result - any conclusive result - following Yahoo's earnings report should prepare for another period of rumors and waiting. 

Legg Mason Offers Yahoo Some Support

Legg Mason portfolio manager Bill Miller is kind-of-sort-of on Yahoo's side as it deals with Microsoft, judging from a new interview.  Since Legg Mason holds about seven percent of Yahoo's shares, this is important.

By The Numbers: Microsoft- Yahoo Combination Not Bad

According to the latest Hitwise stats, Google is continuing to marginalize both Yahoo and Microsoft in terms of search share.  But if you take Google out of the equation and look at a few other areas, the two companies' numbers are really pretty impressive.

Yahoo Responds To Microsoft's Push

We'll say this much for Microsoft's most recent letter: at least it got Yahoo talking again.  Yet Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock weren't in the most cooperative of moods when they responded this morning.