Microsoft-Yahoo; Why the Deal will Succeed

There has been a lot of speculation on whether a deal with Yahoo/Microsoft will happen. I feel that this merger will happen and have outlined several reasons as to why this deal is almost a sure thing at this point.

Top 5 Reason Why the Yahoo/Microsoft Deal will Happen:

1) Microsoft needs Yahoo more than Yahoo needs Microsoft. To compete with the threat of Google and other Internet giants Microsoft would benefit huge from a deal like this. It would catapult them into the #1 Internet player ahead of Google instantaneously. Microsoft will pony up big to gain this status.