« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Report: Verizon, still the frontrunner to buy Yahoo, submits $3 billion bid  (Read 773 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline ABX

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 900
  • Words full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Report: Verizon, still the frontrunner to buy Yahoo, submits $3 billion bid
« on: June 07, 2016, 02:15:35 pm »
Quote
The telecom giant submitted a $3 billion bid for Yahoo's core media business on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported late last night.

Monday marked Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's deadline for second-round bids. Other first-round bidders, including a number of private equity firms, were expected to submit competing bids in the range of $2-3 billion, according to the Journal.......

https://news.fastcompany.com/report-verizon-still-the-frontrunner-to-buy-yahoo-submits-3-billion-bid-4009513

Logged

Offline SirLinksALot

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,417
  • Gender: Male
Re: Report: Verizon, still the frontrunner to buy Yahoo, submits $3 billion bid
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2016, 02:22:34 pm »
I can't even count the number of failed suitors for YAHOO in the past.

Off the top of my head: AT&T, Microsoft, CBS, Alibaba, Disney, Google ....

Perhaps Verizon will succeed this time as Yahoo seems to be in the financial doldrums.
Logged

geronl

  • Guest
Re: Report: Verizon, still the frontrunner to buy Yahoo, submits $3 billion bid
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2016, 02:24:27 pm »
$3 billion seems like a bit much, like $2.7 billion too much.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »