Microsoft is likely to prevail in its Yahoo bid — and most likely without raising its offer. But just because Microsoft can buy the No. 2 search vendor doesn’t necessarily mean it should.
Those are the results of a new poll of Wall Street analysts by Reuters. Reuters polled eight Microsoft analysts and 14 Yahoo analysts on their latest views of the prospects of the Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo. Eight of the eight Wall Street analysts who closely follow Microsoft predicted the deal would transpire, as did 14 of 15 of the Yahoo analysts.
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