Yahoo! Ends Talks With Microsoft, Forges Deal With Google

Microhoo is officially off. Microsoft isn't interested in buying the entire company anymore, and Yahoo! isn't interested in selling off their search business by itself.

Later on, Google and Yahoo! announced that they'd struck a deal to serve Google ads on some of Yahoo!'s search pages.

Google was careful to explain that the agreement applied only to the United States and was non-exclusive. Of course, there aren't likely to be any other companies making the offer, but an exclusive deal would face more regulatory hurls. Google and Yahoo! are giving the U.S. Department of Justice three and a half months to review the agreement.

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