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Way back on January 31st, Yahoo's stock closed at $19.18 per share.  Then Microsoft's unsolicited acquisition offer nudged things up towards $29.  Unfortunately for investors, all that progress has been lost.

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Yahoo shares took a hammering early Monday, falling 21.8 percent, to $22.41 per share in premarket trading, after Microsoft withdrew its unsolicited buyout bid over the weekend.

On Saturday, Microsoft said the two companies could not overcome differences in opinion over the price of a potential acquisition.

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In 2006, Digg broke out as one of the most innovative and beloved Web 2.0 companies on the scene. Digg founder Kevin Rose and chief executive Jay Adelson graced magazine covers and spurned acquisition offers.

But lately there's a sense that Digg's growth has stagnated...

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I'm curious to see how this pans out, and exactly how it could translate into ad revenue for Google. I would imagine that Google-powered ads would perhaps run in the ad spots a percentage of the time.

One of the biggest takeovers that the corporate world has ever seen could be on the cards now that Microsoft has confirmed an acquisition bid for Yahoo!

According to various reports online it had already made what moves towards what it says were negotiations for a 'friendly takeover' late last night but this was flatly rejected by Yahoo!

Mind you, $44.6 billion doesn't sound too unfriendly to me it has to be said, and that's what I understand Microsoft is offering in terms of cash and share options for the business.

The offer values Yahoo!