Do I hear $16.50 a share? $18? $20? No, you do not. You hear noise. Reports that several private equity firms, and perhaps Microsoft, have put bids in front of Yahoo’s board suggest that the ageing internet colossus is getting lowballed. The numbers being waved about on Wednesday mean nothing without information about how Yahoo plans to dispose of its minority stakes in Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. Those two companies have offered to buy Yahoo out of its stakes.
说的是每股16.5美元,18美元,还是20美元吗?不对,你听错了,你听到的都是噪音。有报道说数家私募股权公司,或许还有微软(Microsoft),已经向雅虎(Yahoo)董事会发出了收购要约,这些报道显示,它们对雅虎这家迟暮网络巨人的出价不高。但如果没有说明雅虎计划如何处置其在雅虎日本(Yahoo Japan)和阿里巴巴(Alibaba)持有的少数股权,那么周三到处流传的那些数字就没有任何意义。那两家公司已经提出回购雅虎持有的股份。