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    Microsoft to Download Yahoo for $45 Billion

    Microsoft has made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo in a takeover potentially worth almost $45 billion. The two combined would still trail Google in online advertising, but the Justice Department is already interested in the impact on competition.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Microsoft has made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo in a takeover potentially worth almost $45 billion. The two combined would still trail Google in online advertising, but the Justice Department is already interested in the impact on competition. Todd Bishop is technology reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and writes the paper's Microsoft blog.

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    With California Debates Over, It's Almost Time for Voting
    1. 1:27Microsoft to Download Yahoo for $45 BillionYou’re reading this
    2. 7:31With California Debates Over, It's Almost Time for Voting
    3. 42:09Homo Politicus on the Campaign Trail
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Todd Bishop

      Co-founder and Managing Editor, TechFlash

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    With California Debates Over, It's Almost Time for Voting
    1. 1:27Microsoft to Download Yahoo for $45 BillionYou’re reading this
    2. 7:31With California Debates Over, It's Almost Time for Voting
    3. 42:09Homo Politicus on the Campaign Trail
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