Without a competing suitor to push Microsoft's unsolicited bid higher, Yahoo is turning to its investors to get that job done.
Microsoft may find it has some leeway in increasing its Yahoo bid by 10 percent without spooking its investors, one Wall Street analyst notes in a research report released yesterday.
Yahoo is calling on Microsoft to bump up its buyout bid, but the trouble is a number of the Internet giant's largest investors own shares in both stocks.
Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's merger deadline, reiterating its rejection to the software giant's buyout bid as "substantially" undervaluing the company.
Microsoft on Saturday issued an ultimatum to Yahoo, giving the Internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and conclude a deal.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
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