Lately there has been much excitement around the news of Yahoo! being up for sale. The speculation about Microsoft interested again to buy Yahoo! three years after the initial intent led to uproar among stock analysts and shareholders.
Now, another giant of the Silicon Valley, Google, let information slip about the intention to purchase Yahoo! And the rumor mill begin to heat up. TheStreet, leading digital financial media company, highlights an intriguing assumption: “One cynical theory is that they have no interest in Yahoo! at all.
They’re merely trying to seem interested so that Microsoft will be forced to more aggressively bid for Yahoo!”. But really… Would Google go to such length to hurt rival Microsoft? End even if Google would lay out such an evil plan would Microsoft fall for this and pull an extra $4 billion out of shareholders’ pocket to react to a rumour?
