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Seems like a sensationalist headline designed to generate page-views. The company has not announced it's "for sale"; instead people are reading between the line
by michaelmcdonald 11y ago
Seems like a sensationalist headline designed to generate page-views. The company has not announced it's "for sale"; instead people are reading between the lines and coming to that as a conclusion based on corporate speak.
- ubercore 11y agoVox has been increasingly shrill in their headlines.
- gtrubetskoy 11y agoIt's been "for sale" since the IPO, any public company is "for sale", so it's not like they can announce "we are for sale", it would make no sense. But I think what the people are reading between the lines is "if you decide to buy the majority share we will cooperate".
- henrikschroder 11y agoNoone's gonna take over Yahoo by buying shares right now, since the price of those shares is just a proxy for Alibaba. If Yahoo gets rid of the stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, then YHOO would properly reflect the value of core Yahoo, and someone with a few billions lying around could gobble it up.
- binarybits 11y agoGiven the context and the way corporate boards generally communicate, I'd say an offer to "engage on qualified strategic proposals" is a pretty clear signal that they're interested in acquisition offers.