Wall Street JournalBidding From Salesforce Pushed Microsoft to Raise Its Offer for LinkedInWall Street JournalPersistent bidding from Salesforce.com Inc. CRM 0.53 % forced Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.02 % to boost its offer for LinkedIn Corp. LNKD 0.13 % 22%, or roughly $5 billion, during the two months of negotiations, according to a regulatory filing by the ...Five companies considered buying LinkedInTechCrunchLinkedIn bidding war raised its priceThe Seattle TimesSalesforce lost LinkedIn bidding war but made Microsoft pay $4.7 billion moreVentureBeatBloomberg -Business Insider -Recode -Financial Timesall 16 news articles »