On, Off and Now On Again?

I just saw that the news wires are carrying a story that Microsoft and Yahoo! are in talks again, but this time they hinge on something less than a total acquisition.

Icahn must be scarier than everyone thought. For Yang to prefer to go back to the evil empire instead of fighting a proxy battle against the evil corporate raider speaks volumes. (And that's of course the kind of volume that's written in Latin, has a diabolical name and is oft featured in Hammer horror films.)