Anti-Google deal would hurt Bing

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Speculation out of Redmond, Wash., is indicating that Microsoft Corp. is flirting with the idea of paying News Corp. to remove its news Web sites from Google Inc.'s search engine.rnThe two companies are apparently in the early stages of a deal, which would basically keep all News Corp. content exclusive to Microsoft's Bing search engine.rnThis is not the first time that Microsoft has approached a major publisher to de-list from Google. Microsoft has also contacted a variety of major online publishers about removing their sites from Google, according to a report from the Financial Times.