Thinkerati asked: Plain simple. Microsoft and Yahoo seems to have struck a deal which may benefit each other.References: Throughout 2008’s on-again, off-again talks between Yahoo and Microsoft, many financial analysts declared the belief that some sort of deal–either Microsoft acquiring Yahoo outright or later just its search business–was a matter of when, not if. - CNet 28 April 2009 Yahoo and Microsoft, which held a marathon series of fruitless merger and partnership negotiations last year, have restarted discussions, this time over a possible advertising agreement, a person briefed on those discussions said Friday. - NY Times 10 April 2009 THE uneasy alliance between Yahoo and Microsoft, which will see Yahoo Search Marketing selling sponsored web links on Microsoft’s new search engine, called Bing, is looking rocky. - The Australian News 30 May 2009 Asked if the talks between Yahoo and Microsoft about an Internet search deal continue, Bartz replied “a little bit.” - Alibaba.com...

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