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What in the world is going on with Yahoo!?
Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during the Fortune Global Forum on November 3, 2015 in San Francisco, California.
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What in the world is going on with Yahoo!?
For a few weeks now Yahoo!... you remember Yahoo!, right? Well, for a few weeks now, rumors have been flying around about how the company could possibly be broken up and maybe sold off.
Yesterday, the company announced a reorganization. It will split into two parts, but its not selling anything for, at least for the time being. This is only the latest turn in an effort to revive what was, not so many years ago, one of the biggest names on the internet.
So, where is Yahoo! headed, and maybe more importantly, does anyone still care?
Brian Womack is a reporter with Bloomberg and he joins A Martinez to explain what's really going on and who's still using Yahoo!.