Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
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The deal would reshape the Internet consumer services business, where both companies have struggled to compete with Google.
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InfoWorld - At first blush, Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo for $46.6 billion is about growing its consumer advertising and portal business to better compete wit Google.
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Microsoft's $44 billion bid for Yahoo translates into nearly $1,200 for each unique monthly visitor to Yahoo's web sites. You want more metrics? We got 'em. Get your red-hot data here!
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Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion is adding more fuel to the merger craze fire. But such mega-mergers often have less than stellar results, as four examples show.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp   made a bid to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion in cash  and stock, seeking to join forces against Google Inc   in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time  Warner-AOL merger.
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Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.The market for online advertising is increasingly dominated by one player, Microsoft said, and merging with Yahoo will allow it to offer a competitive alternative.Microsoft expects the market for online advertising to almost double in size over the next three years, from $40 billion in 2007 to $80 billion by 2010. A merger will allow it to realize economies of scale and reduce capital costs as it addresses this market, it said.&quot;The combination of these two great teams would enable us to jointly deliver a broad range of new experiences to our customers that neither of us would have achieved on our own,&quot; said Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, in a statement.Microsoft expects to cut costs by $1 billion a year by realizing synergies with Yahoo in four areas: obtaining economies of scale as its audience increases; combining its research and development efforts with Yahoo&#39;s to innovate faster; eliminating operational redundancy to cut costs, and pooling expertise to innovate in video and mobile.The companies will work together to develop the merger plan, Microsoft said.It intends to pay key Yahoo engineers and other staff to stay following the merger.The offer represents a 62 percent premium over Yahoo&#39;s closing price on Thursday. Microsoft expects to receive all necessary approvals in the second half of this year.
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Yahoo Inc's board of directors is to meet on Friday to discuss Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion buyout offer, the TechCrunch blog said, citing unnamed sources.
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Yahoo Inc's board of directors is to  meet on Friday to discuss Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion buyout  offer, the TechCrunch blog said, citing unnamed sources.
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc  is in  talks on a possible deal with News Corp , but analysts  said an alternative was unlikely to emerge to rival Microsoft  Corp's  bid for Yahoo, now valued at $42.1 billion.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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In a bold move to counter Googleâs online pre-eminence, Microsoft said that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock.
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Google Inc  fired back on Sunday at Microsoft Corp's  $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo Inc , accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
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Microsoft Corp offered  to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, in a bold bid to transform  two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy competitor for  market leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft said Friday it had offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars (30.0 billion euros) in a bid to take on Google in the crucial battle for online revenues.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that no serious bids have emerged to rival Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo. That doesn't mean the company isn't still trying to piece something together.
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Yahoo Inc is in talks on  a possible deal with News Corp, but analysts said an  alternative was unlikely to emerge to rival Microsoft Corp's  bid for Yahoo, now valued at $42.1 billion.
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Software giant makes $44.6 billion offer for the search engine.