Microsoft's pullout from a potential purchase of Yahoo has left many wondering what paths the Internet giants will now take. In the latest move in one of the more interesting tech industry chess games of 2008, Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, walked away from the potential takeover-valued at about $50 billion-on May 3. Microsoft was offering Yahoo shareholders $33 per share after originally offering $31 per share), a far cry from the $38 per share that Yahoo was demanding.
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