TEXT - Microsoft letter withdrawing Yahoo bid
(Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo (YHOO.O) on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion (2.53 billion pounds) to $47.5 billion.
Following is the letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ending talks. It was released by Microsoft.
May 3, 2008
Mr. Jerry Yang
CEO and Chief Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Dear Jerry: Continued...
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