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posted by martyb on Wednesday June 14 2017, @03:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the bring-out-your-dead-parrot-jokes dept.

Yahoo Inc, long-standing "other search engine", will be acquired by Verizon for $4.5 billion.

Reports can be found on CNN, CNBC, and Fortune among many other sources.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer will be walking away with $23 million.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Whoever on Wednesday June 14 2017, @05:32AM

    by Whoever (4524) on Wednesday June 14 2017, @05:32AM (#525281) Journal

    such as more than doubling Yahoo's stock price.

    I think that you will find that the stock price increase was entirely (and more) due to the Alibaba investment, which was made before she came on board.

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