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Yahoo was already a shell of its former self. Now part of the company is getting an obscure new name: Altaba.
When Verizon agreed to buy the company for $US4.8 billion ($6.5 billion) in July 2016, it planned to purchase just Yahoo's core internet businesses, which include its email service, sports verticals and various apps.
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The new name is meant to be a combination of the words "alternative and Alibaba", according to a person familiar with the company's thinking, who didn't want to be named because the individual was not authorised to speak on the record about the name change.
Today, Yahoo owns roughly 15 per cent of Alibaba, holdings that are worth about $US35 billion.
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The idea behind the name is that Altaba's stock can now be tracked as an alternative to Alibaba because Yahoo owns a sizeable chunk of the Chinese company.
The new company, which will be publicly traded and until now has been referred to as RemainCo in security filings, also owns a 35.5 per cent stake in Yahoo Japan, the company's Japanese affiliate, and Yahoo's cash, and a patent portfolio that is being sold off in a separate auction.
The new name is meant to be a combination of the words "alternative and Alibaba", according to a person familiar with the company's thinking. Photo: Bloomberg