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Ballmer: 'We are done' with Yahoo acquisition idea

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Speaking at its shareholder meeting, Microsoft's CEO reiterates that Microsoft remains open to some sort of search partnership, but says there are no active discussions in that area.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threw his daily bucket of cold water on the notion that the software maker will return with a new bid for all of Yahoo.

"We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo," Ballmer said, adding that he has said this a bunch of times but that some people remain "confused".

"We did our best," he said. "We've moved on."

His comments came at the company's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday in Bellevue, Wash., not far from the company's Redmond headquarters. Ballmer, whose address was offered live via Webcast, made no reference to Yahoo in his prepared remarks, but it was the first shareholder question.

Speculation was rekindled this week after Yahoo announced that it is searching for a new CEO to replace Jerry Yang, who will step down once the new executive is hired.

While Ballmer rejected the notion that Microsoft would return with a new offer to buy Yahoo, he reiterated that the idea of a search partnership remains "an interesting possibility".

"There's no active discussion on that front, but we'd be very open to it," Ballmer said.

This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.

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