Sunday, March 4, 2012

US stocks open lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid

Wall Street traded lower Monday as investors grew cautious following Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo Inc.

Microsoft had offered $43.7 billion (euro28.27 billion) to buy Yahoo Inc., but scrapped the bid late Saturday after the software maker and the Internet provider could not agree on a sale price.

The failed deal came as a disappointment to Wall Street, as merger-and-acquisition activity tends to boost shareholder value, and also signals to the broader market that corporate America is …

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