Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer silent history that Microsoft is no longer interested in the overall acquisition of Yahoo, the Internet search company is still on the issue of cooperation with Yahoo hold “very open”.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft held Wednesday at the annual general meeting of shareholders that “I need to clarify that our relationship with Yahoo acquisition talks between all been completed by now. May this year, Yahoo rejected Microsoft’s acquisition of 47,500,000,000 dollars offer, and then refused to Microsoft’s search business of the acquisition. Then on Ballmer reiterated that Microsoft will no longer consider the acquisition of Yahoo, but it is still possible transaction with Yahoo search.
In fact, Steve Ballmer’s public comments does not mean that Microsoft will really give up on the Yahoo acquisition. Microsoft may want to lower the price to buy Yahoo to improve its search and advertising market. Microsoft’s decision whether to buy Yahoo in the next year will be able to open question, this will depend on the performance of Yahoo and the new government in Washington anti-trust issues.
