Mayer's hiring in 2012 was deemed a 'coup' but costly gambles, such as the $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr, came to epitomize her doomed effort to reinvent Yahoo The sale of Yahoo to Verizon for $4.83bn (£3.62bn) marks the end of a period of intense speculation and ferocious investor activism at the embattled web company. Andfor the past four years, CEO Marissa Mayer has borne the brunt of that protest, while attempting to turn around Yahoo's fortunes. Yahoo's years-long profits slump was made wor...
Mayer's hiring in 2012 was deemed a 'coup' but costly gambles, such as the $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr, came to epitomize her doomed effort to reinvent Yahoo The sale of Yahoo to Verizon for $4.83bn (£3.62bn) marks the end of a period of intense speculation and ferocious investor activism at the embattled web company. Andfor the past four years, CEO Marissa Mayer has borne the brunt of that protest, while attempting to turn around Yahoo's fortunes. Yahoo's years-long profits slump was made wor...
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