http://clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/date/2008/5/4/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/date/2008/5/4/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/112A186F-7BFC-4724-A632-81C2C6FCB355/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/">einbar</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/us?mod=topnav_3_0513" title="http://online.wsj.com/public/us?mod=topnav_3_0513">online.wsj.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/einbar/512/5CB44D1C-4D73-483C-8970-8CE36FA66D77.jpg" alt="[Go to article.]" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Microsoft's failed courtship of Yahoo leaves the software giant with limited options for achieving its strategic goal of expanding its presence online, while Yahoo now hopes to seal a broader search-ad pact with Google. <A class=arial href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120994677849266191.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news"><B>The</B></A></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx" title="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx">www.microsoft.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> <H2 class=subtitle>Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc.</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">“We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made sense for Microsoft, Yahoo! and the market as a whole. Our goal in pursuing a combination with Yahoo! was to provide greater choice and innovation in the marketplace and create real value for our respective stockholders and employees,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> <P>Below is the text of the letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://online.wsj.com/public/us?mod=topnav_3_0513Mon, 05 May 2008 04:45:20 GMT