As Microsoft Warily Eyes Google Buying Spree, Will It Jump In or Play the Regulatory Card?

With Google in the market for pretty much, well, everything, in the Web 2.0 space of late–using its fat stock price and copious cash reserves–it stands to reason that Microsoft would be in the same market too. But will the software giant enter the fray as a rival bidder to the search behemoth or will it seek battle on the regulatory battlefield? In other words, if you don’t bid, do you block?
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Greenfield Online Buyer Revealed: It’s Microsoft

Greenfield Online, which had previously disclosed receiving a $17.50-a-share bid from a “Fortune 100 strategic buyer,” today revealed that the winning bidder is Microsoft.