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Unhappy top Yahoo investors ask AOL for merger rescue

Their move follows hedge fund's activist campaign for Yahoo/AOL deal to unlock stakes in Asian Web companies

Published Wed, Nov 12, 2014 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    AT LEAST two top-10 Yahoo Inc shareholders are so unhappy with chief executive Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts that they are making a direct plea to AOL Inc CEO Tim Armstrong to explore a merger and run the combined company.

    Their move follows an activist campaign by hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which is pushing Yahoo to consider a deal with AOL and unlock Yahoo's valuable stakes in Asian Web companies.

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