Yahoo vs. Google, is a Yahoo/eBay merger in the making?

[mandy]

Semel doesn't want to jump the gun here, but everyone knows that Yahoo and eBay are working on a merger. (In fact, everyone, including more than one major industry exec, keeps tipping us to this.) The question isn't "will they," it's not even "when" -- it's "Will eBay CEO Meg Whitman make a better tennis opponent than Rupert Murdoch?"...

full article: http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo/fyi-yaho...194918.php

Interview with Yahoo CEO Terry Semel:

With the recent deal between Yahoo and eBay, the two companies have gotten very chummy. Why not go all the way and merge?

I think what we're doing right now is going to benefit both companies an awful lot.

From an investor's standpoint, what makes Yahoo a better bet than Google or other rivals?

We're not comparing ourselves to any one company, but as we look ahead in a connected world, just being really good at one thing may not be enough.

I'm glad that Yahoo has become really good at a number of things. We had a very significant financial growth story. As we improve our revenues per search and we financially maximize many of the things we've been doing, like Answers and Flickr, we won't be totally dependent on any one thing or any one market.

full article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/f.../index.htm