Over the past few months, there has been a lot of speculation about the future of Yahoo Inc. and a number of corporations have been linked to a takeover bid for the troubled tech company led by Marissa Mayer. However, according to latest reports in several sections of the media, the whole thing could be resolved in the coming days as Verizon Communications are now in the brink of acquiring Yahoo in a multi billion dollar deal.
According a report by Bloomberg, "The deal, which may be announced in the next few days according to people familiar with the matter, will likely bring to an end the tumultuous reign of Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer, who tried and failed to re-invent Yahoo as an independent company. If finalized, the nation's largest wireless carrier would add the iconic web pioneer and its millions of daily users to a growing stable of media properties. Verizon is discussing a price close to $5 billion for Yahoo's core internet business, one of the people said. While the deal doesn't include the company's patents at this stage, it does include real estate assets. The non-core sale of intellectual property assets will be sold separately, a person familiar with the deal said, and won't be finished for another month at least. They could fetch "hundreds of millions of dollars," the person said."
The report wen on to add, "An agreement would end a months-long bidding process for Yahoo, which began earlier this year when Mayer said the company would explore strategic alternatives, including selling its core assets that once made it the gateway to the internet. After more than three years at the helm without delivering on a turnaround strategy, Mayer finally bowed to rising shareholder ire after the collapse of a plan to spin off Yahoo's stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in a way that would minimize the tax impact for investors. Alibaba, the largest e-commerce provider in China, emerged as the most valuable piece of Yahoo, and investors were seeking a way to realize some of those gains. After U.S. regulators failed to give prior approval for the transaction's tax status, Yahoo was forced to jettison the plan." The next few days would make the whole thing a lot clearer.
