At 21 / 02 / 2016 we mentioned for first time that Yahoo is seriously considering the sale of the company. A publication of re / code reveals that Microsoft could be one of the companies planning to help Yahooo interested buyers raise funds to find a respectable amount. We mention one of the companies because an interest has been expressed by a group of companies.
What is very important to note is that Microsoft is not looking to buy Yahoo, but wishes to ensure that it does not matter who will do it, that it will continue to partner with Redmond's search services.
The agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo was one of the catalysts in the development of Bing, the searching machine of Redmond which has significantly improved its market share in recent years. Third-party data puts Bing at 20%, while Google still leads the charts with nearly 65%.
Despite the fact that Redmond is not currently planning to buy Yahoo, he was looking at the issue in the past when former CEO Steve Ballmer tried to negotiate an agreement with 2008.
Instead of acquiring the company, Microsoft and Yahoo signed a Bing search engine contract for 10 years.
There are currently no details of the amount that the group of companies is willing to pay for the acquisition of Yahoo, but rumors say that the company is valued at about $ 10 billion without all adjacent services and subsidiaries around the world. If they are included in the takeover, the price could reach $ 32 billions, as the publication says.
