"Yahoo, the brand, will live," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told BusinessWeek in recent interview. He also said, "The ability to do more, that's fantastic." And that's it. It's not much of interview, but that one subordinate clause — "the brand" — is probably enough to scare the bejeezus out of any Yahoo. No wonder senior executives are scrambling to find a deal which saves their jobs.

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