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ryporter
They should have used Yahoo! Auctions. Oh, wait...
mudil
Brilliant! CL > SF bay area >south bay >for sale >antiques - by owner
sourcd
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.

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devy
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

ssharp
I'm assuming WhatsApp had a pretty clear growth trajectory to better justify that valuation. Yahoo has been stagnant for years.
fullshark
I think it's also because WhatsApp had special value to FB as part of a strategic partnership.
virmundi
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.

tiffanyh
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...

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

reustle
If a sale of Yahoo were to happen, would it include Yahoo Japan?
mymuss
What's the significance of "17.2" in Model Name/Number?
potatoman2
Bottomless? A Kim Kardashian archive would be all bottom.