Microsoft plan for Yahoo involves buying search
Microsoft Corp’s alternative proposal for Yahoo Inc involves Microsoft buying Yahoo’s search business and taking a minority passive stake in the company, once Yahoo has spun off its Asian assets, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
The proposal is little more than an outline reflecting Microsoft’s thinking, and does not yet include a value for Yahoo’s search business, said the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record because the discussions are confidential
