What could happen to Yahoo if Verizon backs away from its $4.8 billion deal [telecom]

As rumors swirl about Verizon's plans for acquiring Yahoo, business analysts say the former search giant could see choppier waters ahead if Verizon backs out of the deal, as some observers have suggested it should do.

Yahoo, the troubled Internet company that once dominated the online search market, last week disclosed a massive data breach that occurred in 2013 and affected up to a billion users. The admission came just weeks after another announcement that hackers had put half a million Yahoo accounts at risk sometime in 2014. Together, they rank as the two biggest known hackings in corporate history.

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Bill Horne
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The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on 12/28/16 that the data breaches are unlikely to derail the deal:

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