
<A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/tc_nm/yahoo_microsoft_dc">Microsoft is prepared to walk away</A> from its $43.6 billion bid for Yahoo if the two sides can't agree on a price, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a technology conference near Milan, Ballmer said Yahoo's better-than-expected first-quarter results, reported on Tuesday, have not changed Microsoft's view of Yahoo's value.