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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc because it would be “non-exclusive” and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google’s thinking said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo! Inc said on Friday it expects to incur pre-tax cash charges of about $29 million for expenses related to a work force reduction disclosed on February 15, 2008.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market said on
Friday that Securities and Exchange Commission staffers have
concluded a probe into its chief executive’s anonymous Web chat
room messages about then-rival Wild Oats Markets and
recommended no action be taken.

SEOUL (Reuters) - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is working to rewire the dozens of services across its site so that users can manage all information about themselves in a single place and share it with friends across the Web.

CNET in Yahoo partnership

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - CNET Networks Inc, fighting dissident shareholders who want to expand the board, posted a narrower first-quarter loss on Thursday and announced a partnership with Yahoo Inc to provide content to Yahoo sites and cross-sell advertising.

LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium (Reuters) - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has a page on Facebook, but because there are so many Steve Ballmers he is hard to find.