Microsoft and Yahoo finally to ink the ad deal?

InternetNews | at | by Mike

Could they finally pull the trigger? After a tortured year-and-a-half of stop-start negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo could be getting close to signing a deal to partner in online advertising. Or not.

That's the gist of an unconfirmed story from the All Things Digital blog, which, citing unnamed sources, reports that a gaggle of Microsoft executives have trekked down to Sunnyvale, Calif., to put the finishing touches on an ad deal, possibly to be announced as early as next week.