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"?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).