Yahoo would consider his Japanese branch and its share in the Chinese Alibaba of the hand to do. The sale of some investors ‘crown jewels’ of Yahoo to call it that, would be a capital for a value of 17 billion dollars.
The board of Yahoo would on Thursday meet to the proposal, writes the New York Times. The value of the share of Yahoo in Alibaba at $ 12 billion estimated in the plans, while Yahoo Japan 5 billion dollars would be worth. With the money, would Yahoo be able to prevent investment companies Silver Lake and TPG Capital too much influence. The companies that rattle the port of Yahoo with investment proposals in exchange for influence.
Yahoo can put the money to good use for his activities in the United States to give an impulse. The group has suffered from the increased competition; the turnover and profitability, there are already times under pressure. In the past, it was the fallen status of Yahoo response to Google and Microsoft to be more influential. Finally, Microsoft has an extensive advertentiedeal with Yahoo to connect.