CNET News Daily Podcast: Will Jerry Yang go back to Microsoft?

Following the failure of the Yahoo-Google ad partnership, CNET News reporter Stephen Shankland assesses the chances that we'll see Microhoo negotiations resurrected.

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Leslie Katz

Nov. 6, 2008 12:19 p.m. PT

As you've likely heard, Google decided Wednesday to pull the plug on a search-ad partnership with Yahoo due to antitrust concerns. Now it appears Yahoo's jilted CEO Jerry Yang is leaving the door open for an old suitor: Microsoft. CNET News reporter Stephen Shankland assesses the chances that we'll see Microhoo negotiations resurrected.

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