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Microsoft and Yahoo amend search deal

April 16, 2015 creative accessed-on-pcs, carol-bartz, companies, deadline, europe, lithuania, microsoft, more-control, online, steve-ballmer, the-companies, will-continue, yahoo

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc amended a 2009 search partnership, giving Yahoo more control over how search results are displayed on desktops and mobile devices. The 10-year search partnership, crafted by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, allowed the companies to amend or terminate it after five years.