Team Harteis Business News - So for Microsoft and its MSN Internet unit, playing third fiddle to Google and Yahoo! In Internet search is an uncomfortable position to be in, especially for a company accustomed to domination.

And now that AOL has spurned a deal to use MSN's search technology in favor of expanding its relationship with Google, many analysts wonder what, if anything, MSN can do to close the gap.

If MSN had been able to seal a partnership ...   more »