I wanted to write something about the Microsoft \/ Yahoo non merger on Saturday but I couldn’t come up with anything more than YAWN.<\/p>\n
I’m not really surprised that talks between the two companies broke down or that Microsoft withdrew its acquisition offer. The deal never made sense to me and to be honest I never thought it would close so I really wasn’t surprised when the negotiations fell apart.<\/p>\n
That’s pretty much it… No surprises anywhere, not in the deal falling apart and not in Wall Streets reaction to the news.<\/p>\n
Anyway how about them Yankees?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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