Verizon to purchase Yahoo for USD 4.83 billion
        
	  
	
    Q.  Verizon is purchasing which search engine major for USD 4.83 billion?- Published on 26 Jul 16a. Microsoft
b. Yahoo
c. Google
d. AOL
ANSWER: Yahoo
 
Verizon is purchasing search engine major Yahoo for USD 4.83 billion marking the close of an era for a company defining the internet.
- This marks the second time in two years Verizon has broadened its digital reach.
- It paid USD 4.4 billion for AOL in 2015.
- It is the largest wireless carrier in the US and is NY based.
- Others in the bidding processes were AT&T and Quicker Loans founder Dan Gilbert as well as buyout firms TPG and Vector Capital Management.