Tuesday, November 29, 2011

YHOO: Microsoft, Silver Lake Mull Stake, Says DealBook

In the latest tidbit in the ongoing drama of Yahoo!’s (YHOO) possible take-out, Michael J. De La Merced and Evelyn Rusli of The New York TImes’s DealBook report that private equity fund Silver Lake is teaming with Microsoft (MSFT) and other investors to take a minority stake in Yahoo!, citing multiple anonymous sources.

Alibaba Group Holdings, the Chinese e-commerce firm, is apparently talking with firms that include The Blackstone Group (BX) to make its own offer for part or all of Yahoo!

Yahoo! shares today closed up 25 cents, or 1.7%, at $15.35.

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