Time Warner stock rallied Thursday on reports that it's holding talks with Microsoft regarding an alliance with or investment in America Online.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/15/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

ok, maybe not that bad...but pretty close. If bill Gates pulls this off, he should change his name to God. I mean seriously, they cant beat google, so they go and basicly pay googles largest piece of profit from paying them anymore.