Google, Microsoft Considering Yahoo Bid
But neither actually wants to run the company
As the number of potential Yahoo bidders continues to grow, here are two more to add to the list: Google and Microsoft. According to The New York Times, both companies are considering a play for the beleaguered Internet giant in order to keep it alive.
But since neither company actually wants to buy or run Yahoo, sources say that they’re considering giving their financial support to private equity firms or other possible Yahoo bidders.
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with “a number of leveraged buyout firms,” and is discussing one plan that would require lending “billions of dollars” to a consortium of investors led by Silver Lake and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.
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