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SEC Watch: Yahoo Purchased Maktoob For $164 Million; By The Numbers

Feb 26, 2010 5:37 PM

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) acquired Arab portal Maktoob for $164 million in cash last fall—almost double the amount that had previously been reported, according to the company’s 10K, which was just filed with the SEC. The filing includes other details about the company’s purchases and divestments. Among them: Yahoo says it…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Yahoo, maktoob

Yahoo Acquiring Arab Portal Maktoob After All; Around $75M-$80M

Aug 25, 2009 3:26 AM

Last month we got a tip that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) was in the final stages of buying one of the largest Arab online portals Maktoob, for about $75 million. This was right when the MSFT-Yahoo deal was announced, and we tried kicking the tires on it, and finally gave up…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Yahoo, maktoob

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