May 20, 2007

Microsoft pays $6B for online ad company: Microsoft Corp., not wanting to get left behind rivals in an online advertising boom, agreed to pay...

Microsoft pays $6B for online ad company - Yahoo! News: "Microsoft Corp., not wanting to get left behind rivals in an online advertising boom, agreed to pay $6 billion in cash to acquire aQuantive Inc. on Friday, a leading agency for Internet ads which also has powerful technology that serves display and banner ads to other Web sites. "