Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, was believed to have met with the chairman of Yahoo this week in New York.
It was the second high-level contact between Microsoft and Yahoo to come to light this week, and suggests that negotiations over a Web search deal between the two companies could be restarting. On Wednesday, Carol Bartz, Yahoo’s new chief executive, told employees she had had an informal conversation with Mr. Ballmer since she was selected by the board to lead Yahoo.
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