Microsoft to jointly Time Warner, News Corp. purchased Yahoo!
Posted on July 5th, 2008 in Internet news google, yahoo
Gu Xiaoyan
Microsoft and Yahoo's acquisition, like a game. Since Microsoft's bid 44.6 billion U.S. dollars to buy Yahoo, has refused to buy Yahoo, Microsoft acquired to give up Microsoft and Yahoo to start negotiations on a series of complex and tortuous "process." Yesterday, turn this page of the re-negotiation of the key nodes, which entered the game not only Microsoft and Yahoo, Time Warner, News Group, have joined.
Foreign, Microsoft and Time Warner, News Corp. and other companies who held consultations to discuss the form of joint acquisition of Yahoo, but Yahoo will actually divide-and-eaters plan. This adds to the game more variables, it may mean that the takeover battle in the final stage.
According to informed sources, some understanding of the situation in the talks said that the consultation has just begun, now unlikely to reach an agreement with Yahoo.
Microsoft and Yahoo deal between several negotiations, although the rupture are interrupted, Microsoft catch "Tiger" heart is still not dead. Just two weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer has called the Yahoo Luo Yibo, chairman of Stockton, suggested that the two sides discussed the introduction of other partners. But plan on June 30 at a meeting later Microsoft canceled.
Ballmer in the May 1 meeting of Microsoft employees work explained the reasons for the acquisition of Yahoo, in real terms is nothing but to take advantage of Yahoo into the Internet, Ballmer said "The acquisition of Yahoo is to promote our goal to a means, which will Expand the scale of our advertisers and search of the scale. " As with Google in Internet search and online advertising field of competition.
Microsoft and Yahoo's acquisition has been on Wall Street and Silicon Valley hubbub of the past six months, the two sides are After repeated setbacks, had no choice but to solve their business on the strategic weaknesses Shoumangjiaoluan. Now Microsoft and Yahoo on the deal have felt tremendous pressure. But now, the content of the agreement the two sides still exist in the huge differences.
But Microsoft is about to launch a new round of offensive Yahoo news to the United States to boost the stock market, this week three U.S. stocks opened slightly higher. The stock Wednesday rose 3.4 percent to 20.88 U.S. dollars, the Tuesday session was as low as 19.58 U.S. dollars, close to the end of January Microsoft launched a takeover bid for the former standard. Yahoo's stock price in mid-February in the Microsoft initiative under the acquisition boosted topped 30 U.S. dollars. Microsoft shares fell 3.7 percent Wednesday to 25.88 U.S. dollars, fell Tuesday after two-year low of 23.19 U.S. dollars, later rebounded.
Foreign, Microsoft, met with investors in recent days Icahn, encouraged its agents launched the battle for the right to control the Yahoo board of directors, the first time that Microsoft this month-long battle for the right to the agent said. According to informed sources said that Microsoft Yahoo still willing to discuss any aspects of the proposal.
From now emerging signs of view, Yahoo has reached a critical stage, shareholders demand it sold to Microsoft's increasing pressure. Microsoft and Yahoo have with the media giant had initial talks, Yahoo and Time Warner are at the centre of the negotiations they have negotiated transactions programme: Yahoo integrate America Online and Time Warner in the integration of the new holding minority shares in Yahoo! . And News Corp. and Yahoo has been maintaining contacts, but it is more concerned about the development of the situation, rather than negotiations with Yahoo! Some form of transaction. Microsoft will try to persuade Time Warner and News Corp., such as several media companies to jointly bid for Yahoo.
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