This is what's in the news for Friday, November 18th. The Wall Street Journal reports that Silver Lake Partners may not be among the best known private-equity firms, but it could pull off a takeover, and turnaround, of Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO). The Wall Street Journal reports that investors are losing patience with Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) CEO Ben Verwaayen and his effort to turn around the telecommunications-equipment maker as shareholder pressure on the board to replace him runs high. Reuters reports that Standard & Poor's plans to update its credit ratings on the world's 30 largest banks within three weeks and could downgrade some. Speculation centers around Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Finally, Bloomberg reports that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NYSE:GMCR) will lose the main patents on its single-serve K-Cups on September 16, 2012, and competitors can make their own versions.
