NICK DOUGLAS — Is Microsoft (market value $296 billion) looking to buy Yahoo (market value $38 billion) for $50 billion? Holy mother of mergers, people! This isn't some rumor from TechCrunch (or, like, us) — it was reported in the New York Post, Washington Post Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times, each citing "sources" or "people close to the matter. One banker who'd spoken with Microsoft told the Post, "They're getting tired of being left at the altar." That, of course, could describe both companies, which have each reportedly talked to potential acquisitions before Google scooped them up. But the Times points out that Yahoo rejected a buyout offer from Microsoft in 2006. So, peanut gallery, do you think it will happen and do you think it will work?

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