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images/news/yahoo.jpgIn a message to employees, Microsoft platform and services division president Kevin Johnson shared "a perspective of the process going forward."
"We look forward to a constructive dialogue with Yahoo's board, management, shareholders, and employees on the value of this combination and its strategic and financial merits," Johnson wrote.
"Once Yahoo and Microsoft agree on a transaction, we can begin the integration planning process in parallel with the regulatory review."
If Yahoo capitulates, the transaction would likely close in the second half of this year, according to Johnson.
The email is a tactic from the playbook of Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, whose messages urging employees and stock holders to have faith in the company and its board have gone public after being filed with US regulators.
Johnson's missive comes on the same day that pension funds for Detroit city workers filed a civil suit charging Yahoo with betraying its duty to stockholders by resisting Microsoft's advances.
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"We look forward to a constructive dialogue with Yahoo's board, management, shareholders, and employees on the value of this combination and its strategic and financial merits," Johnson wrote.
"Once Yahoo and Microsoft agree on a transaction, we can begin the integration planning process in parallel with the regulatory review."
If Yahoo capitulates, the transaction would likely close in the second half of this year, according to Johnson.
The email is a tactic from the playbook of Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, whose messages urging employees and stock holders to have faith in the company and its board have gone public after being filed with US regulators.
Johnson's missive comes on the same day that pension funds for Detroit city workers filed a civil suit charging Yahoo with betraying its duty to stockholders by resisting Microsoft's advances.
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