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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-buying-internet-startup-yammer-1-2b-214219614--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X4arh4eB0Zw0SoBKZN8b.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70a24628d1a99211130f6a7067002459.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE- In this Monday, June 18, 2012, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils its"Surface", a new tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad at Hollywood's Milk Studios in Los Angeles. Microsoft announced Monday, June 25, 2012, that is paying $1.2 billion to buy Yammer, an Internet startup that has built a social network similar to Facebook for the business world. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)" align="left" title="FILE- In this Monday, June 18, 2012, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils its"Surface", a new tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad at Hollywood's Milk Studios in Los Angeles. Microsoft announced Monday, June 25, 2012, that is paying $1.2 billion to buy Yammer, an Internet startup that has built a social network similar to Facebook for the business world. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)" border="0" /></a>Microsoft is buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2 billion in an attempt to bring Facebook-like sharing features to its widely used suite of business software applications.</p><br clear="all"/>
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