Microsoft to Google: We got cash too!

Google picked up DoubleClick right from under Microsoft’s nose. And prior to that, they snatched the deal to provide search advertising on AOL sites. Things like that can make any multi-billon dollar company a little bit upset. “Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, we’re buying Yahoo!. Think about that for a while.”

Microsoft has showed renewed interest in a takeover of Yahoo, the New York Post reports. This is not the first time Microsoft has showed an interest in taking over the internet giant, but sources now say that Microsoft is willing to dig deeper in their pockets and find the money a deal requires. And it’s not small sums we are talking about here: Wall Street sources estimates a price tag of around $50 billion. (In comparison Google paid $3.1 billion for DoubleClick)

Yahoo! stock prices are up 18% from yesterday, in anticipation of a future takeover. Microsoft stocks not doing as good with a drop of one point five percent.

I just have one thing to say: You go Bill!