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Yahoo – $8B or B/O (sunnyvale)

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Would jump on it if they offered free shipping. Alas...

Better idea, list it on Amazon, cross promote on Yahoo front page and pocket the affiliate fee.

"condition: salvage"

Damn

We had some open positions here at walmart.com in Sunnyvale for manager type roles. A high percentage were from yahoo.

Needless to say my new manager is from yahoo.

In all seriousness, $8B may sound like a bargain for one billion users + extra perks(like one of Internet's oldest brand). By comparison, what facebook spent $19.3B for WhatsApp, they weren't even reach one billion users! [1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

Yahoo!'s market cap is $34B [1].

Granted, most of that market cap value is tied up in the 15% ownership of Alibaba (market cap of $188B / yahoo's piece is $28B)[2][3]

Makes for an interesting thought experience on what the actual value of core Yahoo! really is.

And yes, $6-8B doesn't sound bad for a company with 1B unique vistors, but then again last year Yahoo! lost $4.4B [4]

[1] https://www.google.com/finance?q=yahoo&ei=-o8jV7HsKoWMmAGQ1I...

[2] http://www.google.com/finance?cid=658890

[3] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/how-yahoos-spinoff-of...

[4] http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AYHOO&fstype=ii&ei=F...

Who wants to catch a falling knife [1] ?

[1] http://wiki.fool.com/Falling_knife

I'm assuming WhatsApp had a pretty clear growth trajectory to better justify that valuation. Yahoo has been stagnant for years.

The issue with WhatsApp is that it never had a sustainable business model. First it was free with the hope of monetizing. Then it was free for a year, but a buck afterwards (pretty good if you ask me). Then WhatsApp found many users could partake of the e-economy due to lacking debit/credit cards, so it went back to free with some idea of Corporate relationships paying for things. (http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/040915...)

While Yahoo has been stagnant, it makes money.

I think it's also because WhatsApp had special value to FB as part of a strategic partnership.

Brilliant! CL > SF bay area >south bay >for sale >antiques - by owner

They should have used Yahoo! Auctions. Oh, wait...

What's the significance of "17.2" in Model Name/Number?

If a sale of Yahoo were to happen, would it include Yahoo Japan?

No, it will include neither Yahoo Japan, nor the Alibaba stake [1]. Yahoo basically gets a licensing fee from Yahoo Japan, and the buyer would get that continued licensing revenue, but that's it.

[1] http://fortune.com/2016/04/15/yahoo-sale-mayer/

Bottomless? A Kim Kardashian archive would be all bottom.

Couldn't resist a dig at Kardashians, I see.

Ca$h only?

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