Daily Mail says may partner to bid for Yahoo
8 years, 11 months ago

Daily Mail says may partner to bid for Yahoo

Firstpost  

The parent of Britain’s Daily Mail said on Wednesday it had not submitted it’s own bid to buy Yahoo Inc’s core Internet business, but was still in talks to partner with other suitors of the U.S. company. Shares of Yahoo rose as much as 5 percent on Wednesday, as investors digested the company’s slightly better-than-expected quarterly results late on Tuesday and CEO Marissa Mayer’s reassurances that she was focused on the sale. Daily Mail & General Trust Plc said last week it was in talks with potential partners to mount a joint bid for Yahoo’s internet assets. Buying Yahoo’s core assets - which include a search engine and email, news and sports services - would boost Daily Mail’s online reach and digital ad revenue from its globally popular websites, and partly offset shrinking print revenue.

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Now ARM Holdings is gone we need to ask why Britain finds it so hard to create companies like it
8 years, 6 months ago

Now ARM Holdings is gone we need to ask why Britain finds it so hard to create companies like it

The Independent  

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Verizon expected to buy Yahoo core for $4.8b .
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon expected to buy Yahoo core for $4.8b .

China Daily  

Activist investors including Starboard Value demanded and then pressured for change Yahoo Inc's years-long fight to survive as a standalone company has drawn to a close, internal sources said on Monday. Verizon Communications Inc will announce plans to buy Yahoo's core assets for a bit more than $4.8 billion, said two people with direct knowledge of the situation who asked …

Why Yahoo Still Matters
8 years, 8 months ago

Why Yahoo Still Matters

Huff Post  

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is seen in January 2014. Robert Galbraith / Reuters Verizon announced its long-awaited plan Monday morning to buy much of the ailing web giant Yahoo as the mobile behemoth looks to build an empire of media properties from the embers of the internet’s biggest early players. Yahoo will give Verizon, the largest wireless network in the …

Verizon confirms Yahoo! buyout worth $4.83bn
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon confirms Yahoo! buyout worth $4.83bn

The Independent  

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Verizon Buys Internet Giants Yahoo for $4.8 Billion
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon Buys Internet Giants Yahoo for $4.8 Billion

The Quint  

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An end to Yahoo era, Verizon buys internet pioneer in Rs 32000 cr all-cash deal
8 years, 8 months ago

An end to Yahoo era, Verizon buys internet pioneer in Rs 32000 cr all-cash deal

India TV News  

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Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.8 billion, and it’s giving Yahoo’s brand another chance
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.8 billion, and it’s giving Yahoo’s brand another chance

LA Times  

The Yahoo sign at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Verizon Communications Inc. built its business on pipes and antennae. “Yahoo is a company that changed the world,” Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said in a note to employees. Yahoo’s Web business will be integrated with AOL, but AOL spokeswoman Caroline Campbell said “Yahoo brands will not go away.” Instead, …

Verizon 'agrees to buy Yahoo' for $5bn
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon 'agrees to buy Yahoo' for $5bn

The Independent  

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Verizon said to be buyer of Yahoo for $5 billion: Reports
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon said to be buyer of Yahoo for $5 billion: Reports

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports, each citing a single unnamed source. The deal is likely to end the four-year reign of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive who flopped in her attempts to turn around the Sunnyvale, California, company. Yahoo has been …

Verizon reportedly close to acquiring Yahoo for around $5 billion
8 years, 8 months ago

Verizon reportedly close to acquiring Yahoo for around $5 billion

LA Times  

Verizon is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase Yahoo for close to $5 billion, bringing to an end a months-long bidding process for a now-ailing company that was once an Internet trailblazer. A purchase could open the doors for Verizon to generate additional revenue through Yahoo’s editorial properties, video services and advertising technology. Selling ads around these outlets, as well …

AT&T looking to better Verizon's bid as Yahoo reviews new bids
8 years, 9 months ago

AT&T looking to better Verizon's bid as Yahoo reviews new bids

Firstpost  

Yahoo Inc is set to put together a new shortlist of bidders for its core internet assets after several parties, including Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc, made second-round offers, people familiar with the matter said. A group led by a founder of Quicken Loans Inc, Dan Gilbert, and backed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett also submitted an …

Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s core business, report says
8 years, 9 months ago

Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s core business, report says

LA Times  

Yahoo is led by President and CEO Marissa Mayer, shown in 2014. Yahoo Inc. shares are down slightly after a report that Verizon Communications Inc. is expected to bid $3 billion for the embattled tech company’s core Internet business. NEWSLETTER: Get the day’s top headlines from Times Editor Davan Maharaj >> Adding Yahoo could help Verizon push further into the …

Can Buffett-backed bid unlock Yahoo growth where others failed?
8 years, 10 months ago

Can Buffett-backed bid unlock Yahoo growth where others failed?

Firstpost  

Warren Buffett struck media gold with a 2012 investment in debt-laden Media General Inc. Now the famed investor may try to reprise that success by supporting a bid for Yahoo Inc’s Internet assets. Poynter Institute media business analyst Rick Edmonds said Buffett’s history of betting on struggling companies that maintain a large consumer base could work in Yahoo’s favor. Wieser …

Why would the Daily Mail want to buy Yahoo?
8 years, 11 months ago

Why would the Daily Mail want to buy Yahoo?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The question is why the Daily Mail, which is …

Who might buy Yahoo, and what would they gain?
8 years, 11 months ago

Who might buy Yahoo, and what would they gain?

LA Times  

A Yahoo sale would mark an end for a company once considered a Web giant, but it’s an option investors have rallied behind. A sale would mark an end for a company once considered a giant of the Web, but it’s an option investors — who have grown increasingly frustrated with Yahoo’s direction — have rallied behind. They’d be buying …

Don’t miss! MailOnline site caught in arms of Yahoo
8 years, 11 months ago

Don’t miss! MailOnline site caught in arms of Yahoo

Live Mint  

London, Paris: The Sidebar of Shame may need a sugar daddy of its own. Now, the ailing US internet group Yahoo looks like it could be a surprise solution to the challenges facing Daily Mail and General Trust Plc, but a tie-up faces plenty of hurdles. Yahoo is the fourth-biggest seller of online display ads in the US after Facebook, …

Britain’s Daily Mail considers a bid for Yahoo
8 years, 11 months ago

Britain’s Daily Mail considers a bid for Yahoo

LA Times  

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Is software giant Microsoft making a fresh attempt at buying Yahoo Inc?
8 years, 11 months ago

Is software giant Microsoft making a fresh attempt at buying Yahoo Inc?

India TV News  

New Delhi: Fading Internet pioneer Yahoo may see a fresh attempt at being bought out by Microsoft, days after it said it was auctioning its core business including search, mail and news sites. While Reuters has cited a source as saying that Microsoft executives have met potential Yahoo investors, a report in Re/Code said that it was willing to provide …

Microsoft in talks with private equity firms with regards to financing for Yahoo sale
8 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft in talks with private equity firms with regards to financing for Yahoo sale

Firstpost  

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Microsoft reportedly told potential Yahoo bidders it might back bids
9 years ago

Microsoft reportedly told potential Yahoo bidders it might back bids

Live Mint  

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Live Mint  

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says company is considering selling its internet business
9 years, 1 month ago

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says company is considering selling its internet business

The Independent  

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Yahoo to decide next strategic steps after quarterly earnings: Sources
9 years, 2 months ago

Yahoo to decide next strategic steps after quarterly earnings: Sources

Firstpost  

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Investors fret Yahoo's future, stock dips
10 years, 6 months ago

Investors fret Yahoo's future, stock dips

India TV News  

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The great Yahoo mystery: Who is investing and for how much?
13 years, 3 months ago

The great Yahoo mystery: Who is investing and for how much?

Firstpost  

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The great Yahoo mystery: Who is investing and for how much?
13 years, 3 months ago

The great Yahoo mystery: Who is investing and for how much?

Firstpost  

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Interested in buying Yahoo: Alibaba
13 years, 5 months ago

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Firstpost  

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Microsoft, Yahoo Talking On Search Deal: Report
15 years, 11 months ago

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Firstpost  

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Yahoo's Other Problem: The Shrinking Display Market
16 years, 5 months ago

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Wired  

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16 years, 9 months ago

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The Independent  

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微软拟446亿美元收购雅虎-英语点津
17 years, 1 month ago

微软拟446亿美元收购雅虎-英语点津

China Daily  

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Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Offer to Buy Yahoo
17 years, 1 month ago

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NPR  

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