Yahoo Vs. Microsoft
“In this corner…we have the challenger…from Sunnyvale, California, weighing in at thirty-nine and a-half billion dollars…” Well, you may not hear Michael Buffer announcing this, though the Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) proposed purchase of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is, while not yet officially hostile, on the verge of joining the “Let’s get ready to rumble!” crowd. It may not bring to mind the latest UFC mixed martial arts smackdown, or an Ali-Frazier heavyweight fight, but it’s shaping up as anything but friendly, with trash-talking and lots of stare downs already. The early favorite in this close quarter’s corporate combat has to be…