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Here is my first cut analysis of what has happened here: On the friendly front, Yahoo drew a hard line at $37 per share, well above the $33 that Microsoft now says it told Yahoo this week it was willing to go On the hostile front, Yahoo apparently told Microsoft — as I surmised and said early on — that it was prepared to take steps to mess itself up to prevent a hostile acquisition or proxy battle. In particular, Yahoo was prepared to outsource key search terms to Google, which is, in my mind, goofy, mischievous, and unlikely to stand up to regulatory or legal scrutiny. …
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