Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer resigns

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by wildmusings on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:46PM (#14546847)

I'm a capitalist and think that some CEOs are overpaid and that golden parachutes for failed CEOs are obscene. That doesn't mean that I want the government to do something about it. Shareholders are getting ripped off and that's their problem ultimately. Caveat emptor.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by jessaustin on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:59PM (#14546990)

Definitely. When the government steps in, it's always the boards and executives who hire the lobbyists who write the laws and regulations. They don't do so with common stock investors' interests in mind. The system will not solve the problems with the system.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by Bakary on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:35PM (#14553878)

Negative externalities can reach beyond the CEO-shareholder relationship. Determining what these would be is of course a difficult task.

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