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Microsoft's bold bid for Yahoo takes aim at Google

By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / February 2, 2008

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Microsoft Corp. made a well-timed move to check Internet search goliath Google Inc. in the multibillion-dollar online advertising market yesterday, offering an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. and forge one of the biggest technology alliances in history. (Full article: 924 words)

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