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Internet search pioneer Yahoo is about to embark on one of its most important searches, finding its next CEO. Will Microsoft executives be in candidates pool?

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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang hoped an advertising deal with Google would boost revenue and keep Microsoft at bay. Instead, he ended up resigning soon after the Justice Department, thanks to Microsoft lobbying, blocked the deal.

Yahoo needs to enter the search terms "search-only deal" if it is to find a way to bring Microsoft back to the negotiating table, rather than entering "sans Jerry Yang," according to an influential Microsoft source.

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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 percent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft.

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The key factor isn't who occupies the CEO's office. But with Jerry Yang set to step down, a source says, "Microsoft is open to a mutually beneficial search deal."