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Enlarge / Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 76 with 58 posters participating Share this story Verizon announced on Monday that it is selling Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion to private-equity firm Apollo Global Management. Verizon made the deal official just a few days after news… Read More »
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