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Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!

(Posted on  Microsoft PressPass, Information for Journalists - Press Releases  21 days ago)

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (visit source article)

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