Yahoo will resume its talks with AOL division of Time Warner that had begun earlier this year, according to several sources. In March, the Internet group then headed by Jerry Yang (resigned last week) had issued a tender for the acquisition of AOL's advertising division. In return, Time Warner, home-mother of AOL, would invest in Yahoo.
This acquisition plan, allowing Yahoo to strengthen the market for online search, has surfaced for the first time when Jerry Yang tried to escape the clutches of Microsoft. At the time, the firm Redmont had launched a takeover bid in the amount of 44.6 billion dollars.
But the situation has changed in six months: the options of an acquisition by Microsoft and an advertising agreement with Google are abandoned. Yahoo turns to AOL again to determine "a plan C", one might say.
Last week, despite Yahoo's appeal to return to the negotiating table, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, stated that an acquisition of the Internet group was more news twice: once when the Committee for Economic Development, then, during a meeting with shareholders Microsoff in Washington, trimmed the announcement of the departure of Jerry Ynag the post of CEO of Yahoo. Therefore: Yahoo's future is unclear.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed the recruitment of Sean Sucht, former vice president of Yahoo Search, which will arrive in the Redmond company in December.
According to a Microsoft statement to the press, Sean Sucht join Microsoft as general manager of Silicon Valley Search Technology Center to work on Live Search, the rival of Yahoo Search.
In the current disorder, there is some light. Yahoo has announced a new agreement with T-Mobile USA. Customers of the operator will have access to Yahoo via the new service T-Mobile Web2go.
This acquisition plan, allowing Yahoo to strengthen the market for online search, has surfaced for the first time when Jerry Yang tried to escape the clutches of Microsoft. At the time, the firm Redmont had launched a takeover bid in the amount of 44.6 billion dollars.
But the situation has changed in six months: the options of an acquisition by Microsoft and an advertising agreement with Google are abandoned. Yahoo turns to AOL again to determine "a plan C", one might say.
Last week, despite Yahoo's appeal to return to the negotiating table, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, stated that an acquisition of the Internet group was more news twice: once when the Committee for Economic Development, then, during a meeting with shareholders Microsoff in Washington, trimmed the announcement of the departure of Jerry Ynag the post of CEO of Yahoo. Therefore: Yahoo's future is unclear.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed the recruitment of Sean Sucht, former vice president of Yahoo Search, which will arrive in the Redmond company in December.
According to a Microsoft statement to the press, Sean Sucht join Microsoft as general manager of Silicon Valley Search Technology Center to work on Live Search, the rival of Yahoo Search.
In the current disorder, there is some light. Yahoo has announced a new agreement with T-Mobile USA. Customers of the operator will have access to Yahoo via the new service T-Mobile Web2go.
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