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Verizon to acquire beleaguered Yahoo for $4.8 billion

Monday, July 25, 2016 9:30 amMonday, July 25, 201618 Comments

The one thing that kept Yahoo afloat for this long is Jerry Yang’s risky $1 billion bet on Alibaba in 2005…

Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s internet business

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:01 amTuesday, June 7, 201610 Comments

Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business…

Yahoo for sale as bidders line up; CEO Marissa Mayer is likely toast

Monday, April 11, 2016 1:58 pmMonday, April 11, 201628 Comments

Yahoo is for sale, and bidders are lining up to grab their own, ever-shrinking piece of Internet history…

CEO Marissa Mayer drops the ax, shutters about half of Yahoo’s content verticals

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:29 pmWednesday, February 17, 201638 Comments

Yahoo was shuttering its tech vertical and moving some of its staff, including former New York Times columnist David Pogue…

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets a chance to make one last stand

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 12:55 pmWednesday, February 3, 201620 Comments

For Mayer’s part, it is admirable that she fought to stick around and take one more shot…

Yahoo to lay off 15% of staff, close five offices, explore non-strategic asset sales

Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:55 pmTuesday, February 2, 201613 Comments

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans…