Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
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Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
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Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#2I'm surprised she lasted this long.
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#3Etymology of that name - AltaVista + Ali Baba?
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#4Around 4 years too late.
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Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#6this is dumb
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#7Etymology of that name - AltaVista + Ali Baba?
First thing I thought of as well.
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#8That has to be the worst name I've ever heard... it is probably actually worse than "Inprise"[1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland#The_Inprise_years.2C_a...
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#9the name is not the problem.
Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations
#10Changing the brand under these circumstances doesn't make sense to me. Brands take years to build, and Yahoo dominates as a brand in Japan. It seems sloppy PR to pick a name like "Altaba" within mere weeks/months of deciding to buy Yahoo.