Ross Levinsohn

Report: Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Yahoo's Search Business

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2008 - 10:10am.

London - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) is once again reportedly in talks to acquire Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) search business for $20 billion, according to the U.K.'s Times Online. Under the reported terms, Microsoft would invest $5 billion in the new search division, to be led by former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller and former Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinsohn.