Yahoo says talks with Microsoft are dead
Published report says Web portal will enter search-ad deal with Google.
Yahoo said talks with Microsoft about purchasing all or part of the Web portal have ended with no deal today.
A press release said at a June 8 meeting "Microsoft representatives stated unequivocally that Microsoft is not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo, even at the price range it had previously suggested."
That price range had been in the $33 a share range.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that the Web portal was close to a search advertising deal with Google. The technology blog TechCrunch also reported an impending deal, citing an unidentified source close to one of the companies.
TechCrunch said the announcement is likely to be a search partnership between the two companies that outsources all or part of Yahoo search marketing, and possibly search itself, to Google.
All three companies were not immediately available for comment.
(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
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