Yahoo CEO: Microsoft CEO's Pants on Fire

If this Yahoo-Microsoft deal debacle becomes any more ludicrous, NBC will be able to use it as a plot line in the next season of “The Office.” Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang appears to be telling anyone who will listen that Yahoo remains open to a deal with Microsoft.

Yahoo CEO: Microsoft CEO’s Pants on Fire

If this Yahoo-Microsoft deal debacle becomes any more ludicrous, NBC will be able to use it as a plot line in the next season of “The Office.” Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang appears to be telling anyone who will listen that Yahoo remains open to a deal with Microsoft.

Der … Umm … What $33-Per-Share Offer?

Get this. Yahoo didn’t accept Microsoft’s offer of $33-per-share, because it didn’t know Microsoft had offered $33-per-share. This according to people close to Yahoo, who tell The Wall Street Journal that Yahoo only learned Microsoft was willing to raise its bid in Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s kiss-off letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang.