Correct, mostly. Altaba is Yahoo's investment arm, spun off as it's own company. They have billions in assets. We will most likely never hear anything about Altaba unless you watch stock tickers. Also: Marissa Mayer is still the CEO for now.
Why would you give up the name recognition of Yahoo?
Sounds like a prescription drug.
Ask your doctor if Altaba is right for you.
Just reminds me of Alibaba.
The new name is meant to be a combination of the words alternative and Alibaba, according to a person familiar with the companys thinking, who didn't want to be named because the individual was not authorized to speak on the record about the name change.
Let me just Alt-tab right out of there.
Alt-tab-a way to a different website.
Why would you give up the name recognition of Yahoo?
The new name is meant to be a combination of the words alternative and Alibaba,
Why would you give up the name recognition of Yahoo?
Because the name is now associated with 1 billion hacked accounts and a sunk business under Marissa Mayer. She will get a nice parachute though, so don't worry about her.Why would you give up the name recognition of Yahoo?
This is unbelievably awful. Alibaba continues terrorizing the Internet.
In May 2016, it was revealed that Mayer would receive $55 million if she is terminated without cause within one year of Yahoo!'s sale.
So is my email address still going to be @yahoo?
If its changing to @altaba, that would be disgusting
IIRC she was key in the Tumblr purchase, which many see as the big risk Yahoo took to revitalize their brand and get it's footing that ended up as a sort of killshot, and the company continued to tank under her leadership.Why is everyone shit talking Marissa Mayer?
I'm pretty sure Yahoo was a dead ship before 2012.
lol Jesus Christ this company is a mess
The idea behind the name is that Altabas stock can now be tracked as an alternative to Alibaba because Yahoo owns a sizable chunk of the Chinese company.
If you want to invest in Alibaba, you can invest directly in Alibaba stocks, or alternatively indirectly via Altaba stocks.
Why would you invest in Altaba if you wanted to invest in Alibaba?From the article:
I guessed correctly:
So is my email address still going to be @yahoo?
If its changing to @altaba, that would be disgusting
Alt-tab-a way to a different website.
So sounds like Yahoo as we know it (a web site. a news source, etc.) isn't changing its name.
Yahoo and Yahoo news, etc are now owned by Verizon.
Altaba is the new name for the company that just sold off most of its assets.
Is that right? Altaba now has nothing to do with Yahoo.com hence the name change?
Yahoo.com isn't changing it's name, either are other branded assets.
Why would you invest in Altaba if you wanted to invest in Alibaba?
Is there some weird stock rule that I don't know about that makes that process make sense?
Why would you give up the name recognition of Yahoo?