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The site 24/7 Wall St. today quoted an analyst saying that one of his clients considers a Microsoft-Yahoo search deal "imminent." But take this one with a grain of salt, based on an exchange between that analyst and the diligent Eric Savitz of Barron's Tech Trader Daily.
The analyst, William Morrison of ThinkEquity, initially denied the report before retreating to a "no comment" under additional questioning from Savitz. Microsoft isn't commenting. Earlier this week, Kara Swisher reported that Yahoo and Microsoft were still involved on-again, off-again talks about a possible search and online advertising partnership.
Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo last year before dropping its bid. Since then, the Redmond company has said repeatedly that it would be interested in some sort of partnership or search deal with Yahoo. Although there have been repeated rumors about something coming together between the companies, although Yahoo's Carol Bartz has made it clear that such a deal wouldn't come cheap.
Combined, the companies would have 28 percent of the U.S. search market, compared with Google's 65 percent, according to the latest numbers from the comScore research firm.
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