Carol Bartz's "Gut" Tells Her Not To Do Microsoft Search Deal

The Microsoft-Yahoo search deal might not be as imminent as hoped.

A source told the WSJ that Yahoo (YHOO) directors don't feel "there's any pressure at all," to get the Microsoft (MSFT) deal done soon. They say that though new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has spoken to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer since taking the Yahoo gig, the conversation was entirely casual.