Will Yahoo get sold to Microsoft? And for how much? That was the chatter all Tuesday evening as Allen & Company ’s confab kicked off. With Bill Gates of Microsoft and Jerry Yang of Yahoo (and Sue Decker, the company’s president ) arriving in the next two days, it’s just about the only thing people were talking about.

A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn?t appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in a TV interview on Friday.

A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn?t appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in a TV interview on Friday.

A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in an interview on Friday.

A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates [cq ] said in a TV interview on...

Semi-retired Microsoft founder discusses future A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in a TV interview on Friday.

A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said.

In an interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says a deal with Yahoo is unlikely, according to a CNBC report.

Bill Gates administers an oral polio vaccine in New Delhi in 2000. As he turns his full focus to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he plans to visit China, India and Africa in the coming year. JEFF CHRISTENSEN / AFP/GETTY IMAGES U2's Bono and ...