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Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid higher bid is rebuffed
posted 7:23 pm Sat May 03, 2008 - SEATTLE
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Microsoft says it's dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo because the two sides can't agree on an acceptable sale price.Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says in a letter sent to Yahoo on Saturday that the software maker was willing to pay $47.5 billion for Yahoo. That's $33 per share. Ballmer says Yahoo insisted that Microsoft pay at least $53 billion. That's $37 per share.
Microsoft's original offer was $44.6 billion, or $31 per share.
Microsoft's original offer was $44.6 billion, or $31 per share.
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