Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business, Sources Say

Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by jbrad7354 on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @10:42PM (#10660771)

What are they without the "internet business"?

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Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by jonathankoren on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:18PM (#10660914)

"little more than a holding company for its Alibaba shares."

via http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/1/9832780/yahoo-considering-...

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Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by 762236 on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @10:48PM (#10660807)

Compelling investments in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.

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Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by jbrad7354 on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:08PM (#10660876)

Yes, but what's the point of existing?

Sell the investments, return money to all shareholders. Bye bye Yahoo.

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Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by harryh on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:23PM (#10660936)

If they sell the investments they have to pay taxes on the gains. These tax issues are the driving force behind everything going on at Yahoo right now.

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Re:Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business,... by snissn on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:12PM (#10660895)

The investments would be the point of Yahoo existing, the company would just be a stakeholder of other companies.

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