Rumors Flying On $20 Billion Microsoft Offer For Yahoo

gadgetopia is one of many who wrote to tell us about the many rumors flying around that Microsoft may be aiming another deal at Yahoo, this time for $20 billion. The story was apparently originally broken by the UK-based site Times Online, and contained lots of details about the supposed deal. Since then, Ross Levinsohn, reported to be part of the new management team, has denied there is any truth to these rumors, leading to questions about where all of this supposed information came from. Yahoo has declined to comment officially.

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Why waste time with rumors?

[gsgriffin]

This doesn't belong on /. Come on.

Rumors with many details coming from the UK? That's all they have. You want to know where the details come from? Duh! A writer that was about to get canned unless he/she came up with something big to sell their publication.

I could sit down and write up a rumor in 5 minutes with tons of details and hide behind the annonymous source shield forever. For that matter, if this is worth /.ers time, lets start a whole rumor blog. Everyone! Start a rumors here. Put all the details you like to make it sound reliable, but quote nobody.