Facebook, Microsoft Ink Search Deal

By Jessica E. Vascellaro and Robert Guth Word Count: 328 | Companies Featured in This Article: Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Microsoft Corp. will announce plans to bring its Web search and search ads to social-networking site Facebook Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The deal, which Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is expected to announce at Microsoft's analyst meeting Thursday, could be a big boon for the software giant, allowing searches from Facebook's 90 million members to pass through its system. The relationship is an ... $ Subscription may be... [read full story]