Yahoo & Microsoft Execs Meet Again

By Matt McGee

Published: January 17, 2009 at 12:26 am

Valleywag is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock Thursday in New York City.

As you can imagine, news of the meeting has restarted speculation about the on-again, off-again merger/deal talks. The New York Times says that spokespersons for both companies refused to comment about the Ballmer-Bostock meeting.

Earlier this week, new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz mentioned that she’s already had an informal conversation with Ballmer.

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Matt McGee

Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.