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Microsoft may buy Yahoo and AOL if the latter two merge

Matt Marshall, VentureBeat09.26.2008
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Microsoft is quietly readying a plan to make a purchase of the combined Yahoo-AOL, should Yahoo pull off its plans to acquire the struggling America Online unit, according to sources close to AOL. Microsoft was rebuffed by Yahoo earlier this year when it tried on multiple occasions to buy Yahoo. However, the... (Read more)

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Seems plausible enough. I had submitted a prediction suggestion for Yahoo to acquire AOL media and internet assets. Vote for it at http://thestandard.com/predictions/suggestions/yahoo-acquires-aol


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