If Gates and Ballmer wanted a deal with AOL (Time Warner) as a Christmas gift, it appears that they're not going to get it. The MSFT vs. GOOG game of the "Price is Right" appears to be ending according to this just posted story from the Wall Street Journal: AOL Nears Deal With Google (sub req). Here are a few key facts and passages from the article by Julia Angwin, Kevin J. Delaney and Dennis K. Berman: + AOL and Google are now in "exclusive negotiations." Microsoft has been "shut out" of the negotiations at this point....
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