Microsoft considering buying Yahoo

Microsoft is considering buying Yahoo, back to position a potential customer after the bitter defeat to take over the company in 2008.

The source said: Yahoo, the market value of about $ 20 billion, is eyeing the object of a variety of companies including fund management companies Providence Equity Partners, Hellman & Friedman and Silver Lake Partners, as well as giant Alibaba e-commerce and investment firm Global Technology DST Russia.
A senior leader of the Microsoft requested anonymity, said Microsoft has not made a final decision because it is spoken by controversy on whether to buy Yahoo or not. The leader said, one side of the company is waiting for the deal, which they say will beat the competitors AOL and create an electronic portal (Web portal) can provide products better products for consumers, advertisers and end users. But the other side objected, they feel that if Microsoft wants to invest billions of dollars, you should choose a business can grow. Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo in 2008 at a price equivalent to 47.5 billion USD 33 USD per share.
The operator says: "Yahoo does not value growth in recent years, and some executives feel that we should make other home has more potential."
All of the Yahoo auction process is still in its early stages, and financial consulting firm for Yahoo - Goldman Sachs and Allen & Co - is preparing to send financial information to potential bidders.
Yahoo, Microsoft and other customers declined comment.