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marketwatch.com - 10/16/2008

Ballmer says Yahoo deal would "make sense economically"

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ORLANDO, Fla. (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT : , , ) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that he thinks a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo Inc. ( YHOO : , , ) would still "make sense economically" for both companies shareholders. However, Ballmer, who made the ...

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