... Kara Swisher. At this rate, we might have a deal in the spring of 2010. Whenever it happens, just pray Yahoo doesn't blow it again. Here are the key issues: AOL needs to be combined with Yahoo or Microsoft or ... to Yahoo. An AOL-Microsoft merger would likely be a disaster, but this doesn't mean Microsoft is going to sit by and let Yahoo take AOL. We expect Steve Ballmer's standing bid for AOL is "$ ...

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... it — has stalled. So while merger talks continue, Yahoo now only wants to hand over $5 billion or so in stock, reports BoomTown's Kara Swisher. One reason why the deal might actually happen? When Yahoo's leadership first broached the idea of a merger with AOL, ... . Sources told Swisher that the consensus is that a merger would replenish Yahoo's executive roster and "bolster its ad business, ...