The company's sale has been thwarted by its "lack of strategy" and "restrictive confidentiality agreement," unnamed sources told Reuters.
Yahoo's board is reportedly divided about whether the company should be sold as a whole, in pieces or not at all. On the buyer side, a nondisclosure agreement attached to financial documents Yahoo began circulating two weeks ago has delayed, and in some cases fully prevented, potential buyers from grouping together to make a bid.
Among those still interested in Yahoo, according to Reuters's sources: Google, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba (which already has a 40% stake), Russian investment firm DST Global, and a handful of private U.S. investment firms, including Silver Lake, TPG Capital, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Providence Equity Partners, Hellman & Friedman and Carlyle Group.