<p>Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) must switch to MicrosoftCorp. (MSFT)'s Bing search service in Taiwan by Oct. 28, a federaljudge said in upholding an arbitration decision blocking Yahoofrom postponing the transition until next year.</p><p>U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson in Manhattan saidYahoo must abide by the terms of a 2009 agreement it forged withMicrosoft to merge their search capabilities internationally tobetter compete with Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's largest searchengine company.</p><p>Yahoo told Microsoft last month that it was delaying thetransition from its Panama search service to Bing in Taiwan andHong Kong because of concerns about Microsoft's commitment toBing after Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced hewould be stepping down.</p><p>Microsoft initiated emergency arbitration and obtained anorder for Yahoo to complete the transition to Bing in Taiwan byOct. 28 and in Hong Kong by Nov. 11.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-22/yahoo-ordered-to-offer-bing-search-in-taiwan-by-oct-28.html">Keep reading...</a></p>