Friday, May 18, 2007

Microsoft to buy Web ad firm aQuantive

(Reuters) - In the biggest acquisition ever made by the world's No. 1 software maker, Microsoft said it would pay aQuantive shareholders $66.50 a share, a hefty premium to the company's closing share price of $35.87 on Thursday.




Shares of aQuantive shot to $63.95 in morning Nasdaq trade while Microsoft fell 1.1 percent to $30.64.


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