Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly considering changing the offer to buy Yahoo from half-cash and half-stock to all-cash, effectively raising the bid from $28.87 a share to the its original $31. That would up Yahoo's price tag from $41.5 billion back to $44.6 billion. Credit Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang for negotiating without really trying. Word has it his dalliances with Time Warner and News Corp. inspired the idea.
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