Yahoo! Planning to Acquire Overture?
In a posting yesterday, I posed the question, "Is Overture Ripe for Takeover?" [post no longer available] Today, TheStreet.com asked the question, "Is Yahoo! making an overture for Overture Services?" This came about after Yahoo!'s late-night announcement Thursday that it had priced $750 million in convertible bonds. Yahoo! has $1.5 billion in cash on hand and generated $221 million in free cash flow in 2002. They wouldn't appear to require more cash unless it were about to make a major acquisition. And that scenario has led some to speculate that the likeliest suspect for Yahoo! to acquire is Overture. The mystery deepens... [Full story: Overture Jumps as Yahoo! Grabs Cash - TheStreet.com]
Posted under Commentary, Search Engines on April 04, 2003.
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