Thursday, May 8, 2008

Bloomberg.com: Exclusive

Bloomberg.com: Exclusive: "Microsoft Corp.'s decision to drop its pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. increases the pressure on Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to make his money-losing Internet business succeed against Google Inc.

Ballmer's bid for Yahoo, the most-visited Web site, signaled that Microsoft was making little progress against Google in Internet search advertising, said Charles Di Bona, a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst. Ballmer withdrew his bid over the weekend after Yahoo refused a sweetened offer of almost $50 billion, leaving investors asking what his online strategy will be.

``They've got to come out sooner rather than later with a pretty well articulated vision,'' said New York-based Di Bona."

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