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" But the AllThingsDigital blog, affiliated with the Wall Street Journal, quoted Levinsohn as saying the report was 'total fiction.' Top sources at Yahoo and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) also scoffed at the report, the blog said.
Yahoo spokesman Brad Williams said: 'We don't comment on rumours, and all this is is a rumour.'
A Microsoft spokeswoman declined to comment. "
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