Google, VC firms, consider bid to buy Yahoo (online.wsj.com)

11 points by wgx 14y ago ↗ HN

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0% chance FTC allows Google to buy them.

mpk 14y ago ↗

This is a preview article that isn't even 2 paragraphs long and requires subscription to read the whole thing. How did this make the front page?

wgx 14y ago ↗

How frustrating. I only posted because I saw the full article - WSJ must detect certain referrers and show the full text if linked from certain sites. Paywalls suck.

shareme 14y ago ↗

this is linkbait..FTC will not allow Google or Microsoft ot buy Yahoo..in fact both MS and Google have discuss before how they were handcuffed by FTC considerations about this

edash 14y ago ↗

Here's the Reuters version (not behind a paywall): http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/22/us-google-yahoo-id...

dedicated 14y ago ↗

Agreed, pure speculation with little chance of getting through regulatory approvals.

Is this what the WSJ publishes to draw in weekend readers who are mostly unfamiliar with the tech space?