Yahoo! It seems that the policy to refuse Microsoft's acquisition

Apparently, Yahoo! It is likely to announce that Microsoft will refuse to acquire the proposal soon.

Details are as follows.
Yahoo board strategizes on Microsoft bid: report | Technology | Reuters

Yahoo Board to Reject Microsoft Bid - WSJ.com

Yahoo says no to Microsoft: what's next? | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com

Yahoo to reject Microsoft bid - source - Feb. 9, 2008

Yahoo board to spurn $ 44B Microsoft bid - Yahoo! News

Yahoo Board to Reject Takeover Bid From Microsoft - New York Times

Current affairs dot com: To Microsoft's refusal to buy proposal = Yahoo Japan will consolidate policy - WSJ paper

According to the source who knows the situation quite well this week, Microsoft and Yahoo! There is a schedule to talk directly, and it seems that it will be officially announced rejection at that time.

This rejection decision is based on Google's Yahoo! It is anticipated that there is a possibility of cooperating in the genre of online advertisement, and by this it is Yahoo! Seems to be drawing a scenario that maintains its competitiveness while maintaining its own independence.

However, this is not the end if this buy out play is over, so it is not so much that Microsoft is using Yahoo! There is also the possibility that it comes to killing, possibly even getting into a hostile takeover or such a battle.

Also, this acquisition is Yahoo! As a reason for refusing, Yahoo! Not only because the internal culture of Microsoft and Microsoft's corporate culture are incompatible with each other, we also have been rumored that Microsoft 's proposed amount is "too cheap".

Either way, it's worth noting how Microsoft moves after a formal announcement is issued.