Tag: Yahoo

November 10, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Verizon might back out of its $4.8 billion Yahoo deal over data breach

Online pioneer Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has formally raised the possibility of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) backing out of the $4.8 billion acquisition deal, because of the massive email hack the company announced in September 2016. In the "risk factors" disclosed on Wednesday, Yahoo listed several risks and uncertainties around the pending Verizon deal that…

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July 24, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Yahoo! Japan launches UK regulated Forex brokerage, Gulliver FX

LeapRate has learned that Japanese web and trading giant Yahoo! Japan (TYO:4689) has launched a new Retail Forex brokerage in the UK, called Gulliver FX (interesting choice of name!). Gulliver FX is regulated by the FCA. Yahoo Japan! is no stranger to online trading. The company - originally set up as a joint venture between Yahoo!…

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