YHOO: 14.21 +0.86 (6.44%) GOOG: 350.61 -16.33 (-4.45%)

Interesting.

I think that market is predicting an acquisition...

The microsoft-yahoo-google saga/soap opera continues

I wonder who got the better end of THAT deal...

Anyone else notice his title: "David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer"?

Does that not sound like a very unusual combination of roles?

Reading between the lines, does this mean: We are scared that pursuing this "legal battle" might open up a can of worms we'd rather keep under the covers?

I read it as, "now that MS has backed off from Yahoo, we can can this deal and blame it on the lawyers."

Is this the new corporate speak? Because it seems remarkably lucid, am I missing something?

what's all this talk of 'partners' is the reffering to their adwords customers?

it was never going to go through anyway, smart of them to cut their losses