Forgive me if I feel like I’m coming down with a case of whiplash. First, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says he might walk away from his company’s unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo, then Microsoft hints it’s going to go hostile (soon!), then today, the company leaks that talks with Yahoo are intensifying—and I hear from a source close to the matter that indeed they have, both in recent days and especially today. And this is all in the last 24 hours!

source: business week