The news is out this morning that Verizon’s purchase of horribly insecure Yahoo is going ahead. But with a $350 million discount due to the latter’s inability to not get pwned by hackers:
Under the amended deal, Yahoo will be responsible for 50 per cent of any cash liabilities incurred following the closing related to government investigations and lawsuits related to the breaches. Liabilities arising from shareholder lawsuits and SEC investigations will continue to be the responsibility of Yahoo.
“The amended terms of the agreement provide a fair and favourable outcome for shareholders,” said Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice-president and president of product innovation and new businesses. “It provides protections for both sides and delivers a clear path to close the transaction in the second quarter.”
The security breaches raised concerns that people might decrease their usage of Yahoo e-mail and other digital services that Verizon is buying. A smaller audience makes Yahoo’s services less valuable because it reduces the opportunities to show ads – the main reason that Verizon struck the deal seven months ago.
You have to wonder why Verizon would even bother with this seeing as these breaches, one of which was as recent as last week, keep happening. There must really be something that Yahoo has that Verizon really wants as I would have pulled the plug on this mess ages ago. But Verizon doesn’t see things that way. And that’s why we’re here. It will be interesting to see if anything else happens that encourages Verizon to finally walk away from the deal.
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Verizon/Yahoo Deal To Take $350 Million Haircut
The news is out this morning that Verizon’s purchase of horribly insecure Yahoo is going ahead. But with a $350 million discount due to the latter’s inability to not get pwned by hackers:
Under the amended deal, Yahoo will be responsible for 50 per cent of any cash liabilities incurred following the closing related to government investigations and lawsuits related to the breaches. Liabilities arising from shareholder lawsuits and SEC investigations will continue to be the responsibility of Yahoo.
“The amended terms of the agreement provide a fair and favourable outcome for shareholders,” said Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice-president and president of product innovation and new businesses. “It provides protections for both sides and delivers a clear path to close the transaction in the second quarter.”
The security breaches raised concerns that people might decrease their usage of Yahoo e-mail and other digital services that Verizon is buying. A smaller audience makes Yahoo’s services less valuable because it reduces the opportunities to show ads – the main reason that Verizon struck the deal seven months ago.
You have to wonder why Verizon would even bother with this seeing as these breaches, one of which was as recent as last week, keep happening. There must really be something that Yahoo has that Verizon really wants as I would have pulled the plug on this mess ages ago. But Verizon doesn’t see things that way. And that’s why we’re here. It will be interesting to see if anything else happens that encourages Verizon to finally walk away from the deal.
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