Microsoft and Yahoo enter talks to combat Google

Microsoft and Yahoo are in talks about a joint venture or some other form of cooperation as both companies continue to try to combat Google’s pre-eminence in Internet advertising, people briefed on the discussions said Friday. The discussions are part of an ongoing dialogue that the two companies have been holding for more than a year, but are still in preliminary stages, these people say.

Microsoft and Yahoo are in talks about a joint venture or some other form of cooperation as both companies continue to try to combat Google’s pre-eminence in Internet advertising, people briefed on the discussions said Friday. The discussions are part of an ongoing dialogue that the two companies have been holding for more than a year, but are still in preliminary stages, these people say.For the IHT story click here, while there’s also an AP story in the Sydney Morning Herald here.

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