Ballmer Stunned Bartz Won’t Sell Search

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, however, has been far less stirred, much to the confusion and consternation of Ballmer and analysts alike. As CNBC puts it, the “lack of progress” is “surprising,” and Microsoft has been “rebuffed” and “ignored” since Bartz came in as chief of Yahoo. “It is just stunning to these people that nothing has been done . . . and yet Yahoo continues to circle the wagons, wanting...