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SEATTLE, May 3 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. announced it is giving up its bid to buy Yahoo! Inc. after a Saturday meeting in Seattle between top executives of the two companies.
Steven Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, offered Jerry Yang, one of the founders of search engine giant Yahoo, $33 a share, The New York Times said, citing a person involved in the discussions. Yang refused to consider any offer below $37.
Microsoft made its first offer three months ago, suggesting that the merged company would be able to compete with Google. The original offer was $44.6 billion or $31 per share.
David Filo, who founded Yahoo with Yang, and Kevin Johnson of Microsoft were also at the meeting.
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