Marcia - 1:00 pm on Jun 26, 2008 (gmt 0)

Microsoft's war [money.cnn.com] against Google

The company is on a mission to derail or delay Google's deal to outsource a portion of its ads on Yahoo. The company says it's still interested in buying just Yahoo's search business. Microsoft has deployed its lawyers and Washington staff to meet with lawmakers to discuss how Google will monopolize search advertising and drive up prices through its new Yahoo partnership.