Potential Buyers Circle Yahoo

Silver Lake, Microsoft, Alibaba Group all considering bid

In the wake of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz fiasco, the fallen Internet giant has attracted the interest of a number of potential buyers, and its board has begun preparing for a sale, according to the New York Times.

One potential buyer is the private equity firm Silver Lake, which has already approached Yahoo about a possible bid, sources said. Silver Lake is working with Andreessen Horowitz and has been “quietly studying” a bid for the past six months, those sources said.

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