According to a WSJ article, Microsoft recently held advanced talks with Nokia about buying its handset business.
Pssst, it was a news story yesterday on the front page. WSJ: Microsoft and Nokia were close to a buyout deal, but talks broke down | Windows Phone Central
damn, missed that.
Feel free to delete this thread. Wanted to inform, not discuss, but obviously old news... Sry.
This was a story several times this past year.
Unless there is an official statement, it is all just rumor. The only thing different between the new article is the lack of mentioning a source for the info.