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FT.com / Companies / IT - Microsoft plays down Yahoo move

Microsoft plays down Yahoo move
By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco

Published: May 24 2007 01:59 | Last updated: May 24 2007 01:59

Microsoft has played down reports that it could acquire Yahoo, saying agreeing to buy the Aquantive online advertising company for $6bn last week has given it all it needs.

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s chief advertising strategist, told the Goldman Sachs Internet Conference in Las Vegas in answer to a question on whether the search engine company had assets that could assist the software giant: “From where we are today, I think we have all the pieces.”

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