Verizon bid about $ 5 billion, won the top-Verizon bid for Yahoo, Yahoo-IT information
According to Bloomberg, Verizon close to an agreement on the acquisition of Yahoo assets, bid about $ 5 billion for Yahoo, the deal does not include Yahoo's patents.
Bloomberg quoted sources sayVerizon in bid to win first, notice may be issued in the next few days; both had one-on-one negotiations. Purchase agreements have yet to be finalized, still may not be able to reach.
Is Yahoo selling its search and advertising business, its Board of Directors had said on Monday that "major progress in strategic programme".
A bid other than Verizon, and Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, Vector asset management, United States telephone and Telegraph Company at and t as well as the private-equity firm TPG.
Yahoo reported second-quarter earnings, expected revenues, a sharp drop in profits, less than expected. When the revenue of $ 1.31 billion, up from $ 1.24 billion in the same period last year; EPS 9 cents EPS of 16 cents in the same period last year.
Starting in 2012, Yahoo bought in succession no less than 40 companies, including Tumblr, video sharing QuikIO, the Internet marketing company Sparq, Evntlive and mobile music streaming services provider Lexity etc, but Yahoo does not seem to be a reasonable integration of these resources.
In April, Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter said, Verizon plans to buy Yahoo's Internet business for a first round of bidding. In order to make the Verizon bid more attractive, Verizon is also considering buying Yahoo Japan shares. Another person familiar with the matter said, Google is also interested in buying Yahoo's core business.
In May, Reuters quoted sources as saying that Buffett is supporting a consortium to buy Yahoo's Internet assets, including Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert.
In June, Twitter had considered the acquisition of Yahoo's core business. The two companies also discussed the possibility of merging. However, people familiar with the matter said, Twitter doesn't seem to really want to buy Yahoo, and just want to get Yahoo's internal information.
According to Bloomberg, Dan Gilbert and AT&T in June when he was raising $ 5 billion bid for Yahoo, and Verizon just the proposed acquisition of Yahoo's core business for 3.5 billion-$ 4 billion offer. Verizon wants Yahoo patent and its properties can be bought together, and want to get access to the last round of bidding.
传Verizon出价约50亿美元，竞购雅虎夺得头筹 - Verizon,雅虎 - IT资讯
据彭博，Verizon接近就收购雅虎资产达成协议，对雅虎的出价约50亿美元，该交易不包括雅虎的专利。
彭博援引消息人士称，Verizon在竞标中夺得头筹，可能在未来数日发出公告；双方已进入一对一谈判。收购协议尚未敲定，仍有可能无法达成。
雅虎出售的是搜索及广告业务，周一其董事会曾表示，“在战略方案取得重大进展”。
参与竞购的除了Verizon之外，还有Quicken Loans创始人Dan Gilbert、Vector资产管理、美国电话电报公司AT&T以及私募基金公司TPG。
雅虎此前公布的二季度财报显示，营收高于市场预期，利润大幅下滑，不及预期。当季营收13.1亿美元，高于去年同期的12.4亿美元；EPS 9美分，去年同期的EPS为16美分。
2012年起，雅虎接连买下了不少于40家公司，包括Tumblr、视频分享QuikIO、互联网营销公司Sparq、音乐流媒体服务Evntlive以及移动电商Lexity等等，但雅虎似乎没有合理整合这些资源。
4月，彭博援引知情人士透露，Verizon公司计划就收购雅虎网络业务进行第一轮竞标。为了让Verizon的收购方案看起来更具吸引力，Verizon还考虑收购雅虎日本的股份。另有知情人士透露，谷歌也有意收购雅虎核心业务。
5月，路透援引消息人士称，巴菲特正在支持一个准备收购雅虎互联网资产的财团，其中包括Quicken Loans创始人Dan Gilbert。
6月，Twitter曾经考虑收购雅虎核心业务。两家公司还讨论了双方合并的可能性。不过，知情人士称，Twitter似乎并不是真心想收购雅虎，而只是想获取雅虎的内部信息。
据彭博报道，AT&T与Dan Gilbert在6月时曾举牌50亿美元收购雅虎，而Verizon只对收购雅虎核心业务提出35亿-40亿美元的要约。Verizon希望可以将雅虎的专利和旗下房产一同买下，并希望得到机会进入竞价最后一轮。