I remember I once said the same thing about an upstart. That upstart was named #Google! I foolishly bet my money on #Yahoo instead. $GLNNF $GOOGL $YHOO

It's interesting to see the fall of Yahoo $YHOO over the years because of boneheaded decisions. It comes back to bite them now as we see them sell for roughly $5 billion. I'll never forget in 1998 the chance they had to buy google $GOOG for $1 million.

Lol, thanks for the clarification Nicholas, I also had spotted that headline and was wondering when #Verizon had tried to buy #Yahoo in the past. But thanks for answering why they are interested now.. $VZ $YHOO

Just to clarify, I am not trying to imply that $VZ is buying $YHOO for the second time. I am trying to answer the question which has been asked multiple times. Hence the "again"

RIP #Yahoo. $YHOO

Been trying to figure that one out myself. $YHOO $VZ

What's in this for #Verizon? I don't quite see the value of its buying #Yahoo. $YHOO $VZ

I did the same calculation yesterday & discussed with my Bloomberg rep. $YHOO owns BABA CN & not US. CN isn't traded. YHOO 1/2

Great article. But your write up is missing the cash on hand (minus liabilities) of ~7B and $YHOO stake in Yahoo Japan of ~$8B...