Microsoft reportedly intensifies interest in Yahoo

Special News Alert NETWORK WORLD SPECIAL NEWS ALERT, 05/04/07 Microsoft reportedly intensifies interest in Yahoo Having lost to Google in a bid for Internet advertising company DoubleClick, Microsoft has initiated a new round of talks with Yahoo, The New York Post reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the talks. The Wall Street Journal also reported the talks. For more on this developing story, please click here.

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