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by vecter 4439 days ago
Liquidity has a cost. Yahoo probably has many illiquid assets, not to mention transaction costs. Plus, who has $37B to throw around?
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Google. Berkshire. Apple. Etc.
Google wouldn't want to face the anti-trust hearings.

Apple doesn't have any goals to spend half their cash on hand (Other than the iphone 6 being 11% larger/smaller/whiter/lighter)

Buffet isn't a fan of tech stocks (or any bussiness he doesn't understand) http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/heres-why-warren-buffett-...

or a middle eastern sovereign wealth fund, or a Chinese mega-corp?