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Microsoft has yet to decide if it will up its $41.8bn (£21bn) bid for Yahoo, go hostile or walk away from the deal.Microsoft Still Mulling Yahoo Options [news.bbc.co.uk]A meeting of the Microsoft board on Wednesday ended without any decision, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Withdrawing the bid could send Yahoo shares lower. The stock has jumped from $19.18 before the bid was announced in February to $27.41.
That could be tempting for Microsoft to do, but if Microsoft showed an interest in Yahoo at a later date, the share price would probably rise up again.
