So what's Yahoo's strategy? According to Business Week Online, it hopes to stall long enough to give its new online ad technology a chance to show some fruit. That and Microsoft's slumping share price just might elicit a higher bid. Some analysts say $34 a share is reasonable. That compares with the current $31 a share offer. There also is some talk that additional delays make it more likely that anti-trust officials around the world will weigh in against the deal. But time is short. On April 22, Yahoo will release earnings for the first quarter. Needless to say, it needs to hit a home run.  

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- here's the Business Week Online article

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