Apr 7, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Internet company Yahoo on Monday rejected software giant Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept its takeover offer.

"We continue to believe that your proposal is not in the best interests of Yahoo and our stockholders," Roy Bostock, chairman of Yahoo's board and Jerry Yang, its chief executive officer, said in a letter to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corporation.

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