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Microsoft putting investment behind search: CEO

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its "Bing" search engine starts to gain ground with Web surfers.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=90orgXRHrAg:sEydclgAXqI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=90orgXRHrAg:sEydclgAXqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=90orgXRHrAg:sEydclgAXqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=90orgXRHrAg:sEydclgAXqI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=90orgXRHrAg:sEydclgAXqI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/90orgXRHrAg" height="1" width="1"/>