Lehman has forced out its COO and CFO in the continuing fallout from the firm's massive losses. The CEO, however, still remains in place.

Asked during a press call today about cooling talks with Yahoo , News Corp COO Peter Chernin replied quickly: "Saying talks have cooled overstates them ... I'm not sure I would ever characterize as 'talks.' As for Microsoft , "we're not in discussions with Micrsoft.

Asked during a press call today about cooling talks with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), News Corp (NYSE: NWS) COO Peter Chernin replied quickly: "Saying talks have cooled overstates them ... I'm not sure I would ever characterize (conversations) as 'talks.' As for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), "we're not in discussions with Micrsoft. We talk with everybody in the space." When it came up again, Chernin said, "I ...

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