Why Is Verizon Buying Yahoo!, Again?

The media was critical of Yahoo!'s sale at $2-$3 billion as per earlier bids, but now Verizon agreed to pay $5 billion, everyone seems perplexed by what’s this is all for. So did Verizon take a shot in the dark by acquiring Yahoo!’s core business?
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