[samstave]

It sure seems to be that whomever was in charge of M&A decisions/negotians at Yahoo was an utter failure. It appears that the common thread in the downfall of Yahoo is their inability to have successfully acquired some major assets that were either scooped up by google - or went on to become stellar successes.

I'd really like to know the internal dynamics that resulted in this. Although, if you heard that earnings call where Carol Bartz was totally called out - I can only imagine that the issues are intimately related to the arrogance of the exec staff.