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Wedding bells are ringing for the Yahoo-twins! Actually, there isn't one Yahoo in the world - Yahoo are twins - the TWO YAHOOs. My interviewer looked surprised when I explained this on CNBC 2 1/2 years ago (watch the clip here). This wasn't part of general knowledge until recently...
Who are the TWO YAHOOs? One twin is Yahoo Inc. and the other twin is Yahoo KK - linked to Softbank. Like twins, they share some genes and the same family name, but otherwise they are independent companies, and independently managed.
Microsoft and Google have been courting both YAHOO-Twins for years: Microsoft courted the Yahoo-Inc twin - while Google courted the (arguably larger and strategically more important) Yahoo KK twin.
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