Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a bold move to counter Google’s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock.  —  If consummated, the deal would redraw …

Source:   New York Times

Author:   Miguel Helft

Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/technology/01cnd…