Leaving Las Yahoo: Microsoft's $5 Billion Mistake?

searchengineland.com — If Microsoft's walkaway from the Yahoo deal is indeed a ploy to save $5 billion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have proven himself pennywise and pound foolish. He was prepared to spend billions to finally make Microsoft a serious rival to Google. For a bit more, he may have destroyed Microsoft's chance to get there. May 5, 2008 View in Crawl 4