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When will it end? The WSJ confirms that a Yahoo!-AOL deal may be imminent, we maybe in for a big surprise of a Yahoo! AOL merger during the following weeks. Personally. I do not see how a merger of this caliber can keep away the Devil which is Microsoft from taking over and corrupting Yahoo! Here are some details re Yahoo! and AOL deal: The possible Yahoo-AOL tie-up is part of a threefold plan by Yahoo to present shareholders with an alternative to Microsoft's unsolicited offer. Yahoo would also propose repurchasing billions of dollars of its own shares and is negotiating with Google Inc. about an advertising tie-up. On Wednesday, Yahoo announced a short-term test under which it will carry search advertising from Google. Under the terms being discussed, Time Warner would fold its AOL unit into Yahoo and make a cash investment in return for about 20% of the combined entity, the people said. The deal, which wouldn't include AOL's dial-up access business, would value AOL at about $10 billion. As part of the deal, Yahoo would use the Time Warner cash and additional funds to buy back several billion dollars worth of its own stock at a price somewhere in the middle of the range between $30 and $40 a share, the people said. Any deal would be taken to Yahoo shareholders for approval, the people said. Yahoo! is really fighting to save their azzes here, but in my own honest opinion, its only a matter of time before Yahoo is trapped and forced to bow to Microsoft.[Source: Silicon Alley Insider]

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