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When Yahoo rolled out of bed this morning its stock was at an abysmal $11.75. Then it lost another 40 cents in early trading as the market plummeted again. At lunch time, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threw it a lifeline. On stage at Gartner’s gathering this week in Florida, Steve suggested that a Yahoo acquisition – or at least a search partnership – still makes economic sense to Microsoft – not that Yahoo doesn’t still think it’s worth 40 bucks a share.

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