The highest offer of US $ 8 billion: more than 10 companies interested in buying Yahoo-Yahoo-IT information
Bloomberg's alaikesi·shaerman (Alex Sherman) on Friday reported that Yahoo had received more than more than 10 bidders, core Internet business that these companies would bid for Yahoo, one of the bidding companies will raise prices to $ 8 billion acquisition of Yahoo's core business, while the lowest price was $ 4 billion. According to people familiar with the matter said news, companies that offer as much as $ 8 billion, it is the companies negotiating with Yahoo is not a long time.
Salman reported claims that Yahoo will be the fastest shrink next week the number of competitors, is expected to eventually reduce the number of bidders to a 7. Yahoo team on Friday to discuss and research, of the 7 companies agreed to enter the next round of bidding. However, Salman's report said, Yahoo announced the final bidder, you still need to wait at least a month.
According to Salman's report and will now bid for Yahoo's core business, companies including Verizon, YP Holdings, TPG and Bain Capital with Vista equity partners of the joint bid team, and one or two unnamed "strategic companies".
With earlier media reports about more than 40 compared to the core business of several companies were interested in acquiring Yahoo News, Salman latest reports the number of firms interested in bidding for Yahoo much less obvious. For example, according to people familiar with the matter said news, Rakuten has never been related to negotiations with Yahoo, however, earlier this week, but there are plenty of media claims that Rakuten will bid for Yahoo in the first round of bidding.
Yahoo Japan's largest shareholder, SOFTBANK Group and Verizon Yahoo in Yahoo Japan held consultations of small stakes in the company. However, sources say, SOFTBANK has no intention of bidding for Yahoo's core business.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (Marissa Mayer) had said on the earnings conference call this week, selling Yahoo's core business processes is one of the "priorities" and claimed that every day she negotiated with a number of companies involved in the matter. However, in being asked to disclose more details related to the bid process, Mayer was tight-lipped, saying only that "in order to protect the integrity of the process, we will not bid for time and a special offer to comment on such matters."
Mayer after three years of reform efforts, Yahoo has not been enough forward momentum, and now Yahoo is still fraught with difficulties. Aggressive investors and companies need "drastic changes" under pressure, such as, Yahoo finally announced that it would make its core Internet business up for sale.
At present, Yahoo, Verizon and SOFTBANK have declined to comment on the above matters.
最高报价达80亿美元：传10多家公司有意收购雅虎 - 雅虎 - IT资讯
彭博资讯的阿莱克斯·沙尔曼（Alex Sherman）周五报道称，雅虎已经收到了10多家投标公司，这些公司将竞购雅虎的核心互联网业务，其中的一些竞购公司甚至将收购雅虎核心业务的价格提升到80亿美元，而最低报价则是40亿美元。据知情人士透露的消息，那些报价高达80亿美元的公司，恰恰是那些此前与雅虎谈判时间并不长的公司。
沙尔曼在报道中声称，雅虎最快将于下周收缩竞标公司的数量，预计将把最终的投标公司数量缩减到7家。雅虎顾问团队将在本周五进行商讨和研究，商定进入下一轮投标的7家公司。不过，沙尔曼的报道还称，雅虎宣布最终的具体投标公司，则至少还需要再等上一个月时间。
据沙尔曼的报道，目前将竞购雅虎核心业务的公司包括Verizon、YP Holdings、TPG以及由贝恩资本与Vista资产合作伙伴组成的联合收购团队，以及一、两家未透露身份的“战略公司”。
与此前媒体报道的约有40多家公司有意收购雅虎核心业务的消息相比，沙尔曼最新报道的有意竞购雅虎的公司数量明显要少得多。例如，据知情人士透露的消息，Rakuten从未与雅虎进行相关的谈判，然而，本周初，却有大量的媒体宣称Rakuten将在首轮竞标中参与竞购雅虎。
雅虎日本公司的大股东——软银集团已经与Verizon就雅虎在雅虎日本公司中的少量股权事宜举行了磋商。不过，消息人士透露，软银并没有竞购雅虎核心业务的意愿。
雅虎首席执行官玛丽莎·梅耶尔（Marissa Mayer）在本周的公司财报电话会议上曾表示，抛售雅虎核心业务的过程是一项“优先事务”，并声称她每天都要与多家涉及此事的公司进行谈判。然而，在被要求透露与竞购进程相关的更多详情时，梅耶尔却三缄其口，只是表示“为了保护这些过程的完整性，我们不会就竞购时间和特殊报价等事宜置评”。
在梅耶尔三年变革的努力措施之后，雅虎并未获得足够的前进动力，目前的雅虎仍困难重重。在激进投资人和公司需要“巨大调整”等重重压力之下，雅虎最终宣布将把旗下核心互联网业务挂牌销售。
目前，雅虎、Verizon以及软银等方面都拒绝就上述事宜置评。