Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer resigns
What if Mayer's actual role was determined by Google?  could it have simply been "keep them alive so we're not viewed as a monopoly"?  Or maybe "put them out of business but make it look good"?<p>I don't think that anything quite so evil went on but you have to wonder, given Mayer's investment in Google, whether there weren't sub-conscious components to her decision making.  One advantage to hiring a successful CEO from another industry is the lack of this background (of course, one of the disadvantages is Scully).