# Professor Robert Salomon discusses Verizon's acquisition of Yahoo

1 Faculty News July 25, 2016 ![CBS News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031726.jpg?itok=XPqKNXWl)>

Excerpt from [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-things-to-know-about-verizons-4-8-billion-yahoo-purchase/) -- "As [Salomon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-salomon) notes, Verizon and Yahoo are vastly different types of businesses which will make integrating them a challenge. 'I think it will be difficult for (Verizon) to convince talent from Yahoo to stay,' he writes."

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