Microsoft and the American way
An interesting side-note on the potential Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Microsoft has only $17B in cash/liquid reserves, but has bid $44.6B for Yahoo. Even if they sell of the diluted stock immediately after purchase, both companies will lose ground. The only motivation I see is to kill Yahoo search and peel off a few useful properties for sale. It appears to be desperate move, and I can only assume they have something up their sleeves.