Google winner as Microsoft, Yahoo face off

Neither Microsoft Corp nor Yahoo Inc wants to blink first in the software giant's proposed $41.7 billion takeover of the Web pioneer but as the gamesmanship drags on, archrival Google Inc, the merger's raison d'etre, is the biggest beneficiary.

The Financial Express
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/
Google-winner-as-Microsoft-Yahoo-face-off/
277654/

Indian internet firms say ready for Microsoft-Yahoo behemoth

With IT giant Microsoft bidding $44.6 billion to acquire internet major Yahoo to take on growing competition from Google in the fast-growing online advertisement market, domestic players in this arena today said they are ready for the new challenge.

MINT
http://www.livemint.com/2008/02/03152309/
Indian-internet-firms-say-read.html

Microsoft offers $45 bn for Yahoo!

Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software maker, made an unsolicited $44.6-billion offer for Yahoo! Inc to challenge Google Inc's dominance in Internet search services and advertising.

The Financial Express
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/
Microsoft-offers-45-bn-for-Yahoo/268080/