Yahoo in the News

• Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, and CEO Steve Ballmer arrive to begin the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  
  
  

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• Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, CEO Steve Ballmer, center and general counsel Brad Smith address questions at the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  
  
  

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• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer applauds during remarks at the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  
  
  

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• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer motions as he speaks at the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  
  
  

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• Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang listens to a question at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Monday Nov. 17, 2008. Yahoo announced Monday that Yang will step down as the Internet company's chief executive but remain until a successor is hired. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
  
  
  

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• Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang listens to a question at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Monday Nov. 17, 2008. Yahoo announced Monday that Yang will step down as the Internet company's chief executive but remain until a successor is hired. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
  
  
  

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• Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang listens to a question at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Monday Nov. 17, 2008. Yahoo announced Monday that Yang will step down as the Internet company's chief executive but remain until a successor is hired. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
  
  
  

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• Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang listens to a question at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Monday Nov. 17, 2008. Yahoo announced Monday that Yang will step down as the Internet company's chief executive but remain until a successor is hired. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
  
  
  

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• A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. Yahoo announced late on Monday that Yang, whose leadership had come under growing criticism from shareholders after he failed to agree to a deal with Microsoft, would step down from his role as soon as the board finds a replacement. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES)
  
  
  

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• A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. Yahoo announced late on Monday that Yang, whose leadership had come under growing criticism from shareholders after he failed to agree to a deal with Microsoft, would step down from his role as soon as the board finds a replacement. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES)
  
  
  

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