Microsoft weighs options: Investor, knight or observer
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Microsoft has three options in the Comcast-Disney takeover fight: play the savior, the banker or stay on the sidelines. Microsoft, which holds 7.4 percent of Comcast and has helped the company in deals in the past, is saying nothing about Comcast's bid, or about any role that it might play. Wall Street investment bankers say they have not yet detected any signs of the Microsoft deal machine rumbling into motion.
Still, Microsoft has options that are intriguing, and potentially decisive. And its "no comment" does not rule out a future role.