Google, Yahoo Pact Dead, But `Microhoo
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang opened the door for renewed talks with Microsoft last week, just one day after Google put the brakes on a planned search partnership between the two companies.
Google notified Yahoo on Nov. 4 that it was pulling out of a search-advertising deal inked earlier in the year, after it became clear the partnership would face heavy scrutiny from U.S. antitrust regulators.
Under the proposed 10-year arrangement forged back in June, Google was to provide search ads for a select number of queries on Yahoo!, which expected to pull in an additional $250 million to $450 million as a result.
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