Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again

October 10, 2008 By JESSICA MINTZ , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

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