Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses

May 9, 2008 By ANTHONY DEUTSCH, Associated Press Writer Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses (AP)

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks with The Associated Press Friday May 9, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Gates Foundation has donated US$3 million for emergency relief efforts in Myanmar and will provide software to help reunite family members separated in the cyclone, Gates said Friday. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.

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