微软收购雅虎？(2)【沪江慢速VOA080224】

In the last two weeks, Yahoo has discussed possible combinations with other companies, including the News Corporation, AOL and Google. But Yahoo may not be able to avoid a buyout by Microsoft. The latest reports are that some big Yahoo shareholders would support a deal if Microsoft raised its offer.

The purchase would be the largest ever by the world's leading software maker. Yet Microsoft has made little progress in its Internet search abilities and in the growing business of online advertising. Google, the leading Internet search company, is the strongest competitor for those advertising dollars.

Microsoft is based in Redmond, Washington. Yahoo and Google are in California's Silicon Valley.
Internet technology was also at the heart of the television and movie writers strike, which ended this week. Writers voted in Los Angeles and New York to return to work after one hundred days on strike. A proposed new contract would pay them for the first time for creative material that appears online and in other new media.

Members of the Writers Guild of America are expected to approve the three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Now the producers need to negotiate a new agreement with the Screen Actors Guild or risk another strike. The current contract with the actors union ends June thirtieth.

在过去的两周里，雅虎讨论了与包括新闻公司美国在线（AOL）和谷歌在内的其它公司间可能存在的合作。但雅虎可能避免不了微软对其的收购。最新的报道表明，如果微软提高了要价，雅虎的一些大股东将支持这笔交易。

这笔收购将成为由世界领先的软件制造商开展的世上规模最大的交易。然而微软在网路搜索引擎和网上广告投资方面的进步缓慢。谷歌，作为网络搜索引擎公司中的先锋，对于广告的投资有相当的竞争力。

微软总部设在华盛顿州的雷德蒙。而雅虎与谷歌的总部坐落在加利福尼亚州的硅谷。

因特网技术也成为这周结束的编剧罢工的一个争论核心。编剧们在洛杉矶和纽约决定在罢工一百天后返回工作。一份计划中的新合同将会保证支付他们那些第一次发布在网上和媒体上的作品。

美国作家协会的成员期望与电影电视联盟的为期三年的合同获批。现在电视制片人需要和演员公会洽谈新的协约，否则可能导致新的一轮罢工。目前其与演员工会的合同将在六月三十结束。

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