NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Yahoo Inc. in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.Microsoft said that it had offered to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, which it said represented a 62 percent premium above the company’s closing stock price on Nasdaq on Thursday.
Eu vejo isso como uma tentativa de “se não podemos ser o Google, vamos comprar todo mundo em volta”. Se não for isso, tem algo maior ainda por ai.