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My thoughts ran to whether Google might want (in part) to ensure that credible competition exists/continues. There's been a lot of "monopoly" language and perhaps imminent regulation flying about.

Any way you cut this, Google seems ready to benefit from this coup.

hmm....wait a minute...being passed over for SVP...going to yahoo....SHE'S THEIR NEW LUCA BRASI!!!

There has been talk about Google stealing Yahoo back away from Microsoft on an ad deal, so that would also be another reason. It could be worth hundreds of millions per year to land that deal with Yahoo. The legal hurdles are huge though.

Yahoo would probably make a lot more $ too because AdCenter is a joke.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Sergei and Larry wanted her gone, period. She has had a lackluster career at Google, and they may have gladly watched her move out of the way.