Sources: Verizon plans to make bid for Yahoo's core business; Google is also considering a bid
Friday, April 8 Tjfang / CBS San Francisco : Verizon, Google Reportedly Planning To Bid On Yahoo Adrian Diaconescu / Pocketnow : Verizon and Google lead prospective Yahoo buyer pack, as AT&T backs down Street Fight : Street Fight Daily: Verizon and Google's Yahoo Bids, Foursquare President on Data Accuracy Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Verizon to go ahead with bid for Yahoo as Google mulls offer Andy Weir / Neowin : Verizon said to submit Yahoo bid next week; Google ‘considering’ offer, but Microsoft isn't Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Report: Google, Verizon interested in bidding for Yahoo The Hill : Overnight Tech: Anticipation builds for net neutrality ruling Reuters : Verizon plans bid for Yahoo, Google weighs offer: report Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Verizon & Google Reportedly Interested In Yahoo As Well Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : Verizon preps Yahoo bid as Google considers buying core business Martha DeGrasse / RCR Wireless News : Verizon bid for Yahoo expected next week Eugene Kim / Business Insider : Verizon to place bid for Yahoo next week, Google considering bid too Timothy B. Lee / Vox : Why Verizon wants to buy Yahoo Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Verizon to make bid for Yahoo next week, sources say Greg Sterling / Marketing Land : Report: Google/Alphabet and Verizon mulling Yahoo buyout Ben Popper / The Verge : Verizon will reportedly make a bid to purchase Yahoo Brandon Russell / TechnoBuffalo : Verizon and Google prepping bids for Yahoo VentureBeat : Google reportedly considering an acquisition of Yahoo's Web business Rex Crum / SiliconBeat : Biz Break: Verizon said to be making a bid for Yahoo Joseph Keller / Windows Central : Verizon and Google said to be preparing bids for Yahoo Bryan Clark / The Next Web : Report: Verizon and Google could be frontrunners in Yahoo sale Washington Post : Verizon plans bid to buy Yahoo's Web business, sources say Edward Helmore / Guardian : Verizon and Google reportedly bidding for troubled Yahoo's web business Richard Nieva / CNET : Verizon reportedly bidding for Yahoo Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Yahoo! Briefly Surges on Bloomberg Report Verizon Would Buy ‘Core,’ Y! Japan Jake Smith / ZDNet : Verizon reportedly planning to place bid for Yahoo next week David Lieberman / Deadline : Verizon And Google May Bid For Yahoo As Offer Deadline Nears: Report Chris Crum / WebProNews : Google Parent May Try to Buy Yahoo? Tweets: Amir Efrati / @amir : I've said it before and I'll say it again: Google buys growth, not broken products. (Motorola was an aberration.) Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Also sorry frenetic bankers but Google is not: Verizon to Proceed With Yahoo Bid, Google Weighs Offer - Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/... Chris Welch / @chriswelch : Whereas GOOGLE buying Yahoo could give Flickr the end that it deserves: becoming one with Google Photos. Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : In related news, General Francisco Franco is still dead: Verizon to Proceed With Yahoo Bid http://www.bloomberg.com/... Bloomberg / @business : Yahoo spikes on news Verizon will proceed with a bid and Google is considering http://bloom.bg/1NbwJZv pic.twitter.com/5RXbVIIRZ4 Chris Ciaccia / @chris_ciaccia : I'd have to think Google weighing offer for Yahoo is just an I-banker trying to drum up interest. FTC would never let that deal go through Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : ha, the last time Google bid against Verizon for something, Verizon had to really open the wallet (700MHz spectrum) https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Ten bucks says Google just wants the fantasy football stuff. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Molly Wood / @mollywood : Following ... and it should be noted that Verizon has been quietly trying to become a no joke behemoth. http://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : I can't really think of what Google needs out of Yahoo. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Will Alden / @williamalden : A sale to Verizon would put Marissa Mayer out of a job http://www.bloomberg.com/... http://twitter.com/... Amir Efrati / @amir : That said, rule #1 of M&A: always be in the game, if only to push up the price so your rivals have to stretch a bit.