While these figures don't exactly inspire confidence in Yahoo's abilities or the success of its future plans, they did beat market forecasts by about 2 cents per share. But its simply not enough to turn the tide in Yahoo's favor and put the brakes on Microsoft's takeover bid. Speaking of which, the language from Yahoo Execs. seems to have softened a bit. While their stance remains unchanged, the reasons stated for their opposition to the deal seem to be shifting. You could interpret that as a kind of preparation to begin caving in. So you might start seeing some real action in May.