According to CNN, Microsoft announced today that it has made a proposal to Yahoo! to acquire all the shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately 44.6 billion dollars. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to choose if they want to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock.
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That means that from now one, Internet Explorer and Windows Vista will be delivered with Yahoo Toolbar installed? Good thing that I’m a Firefox fan