Yahoo owns shares in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, but has no control over those companies. Yahoo's rising stock price is mostly due to those assets going up in valu

Yahoo owns shares in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, but has no control over those companies. Yahoo's rising stock price is mostly due to those assets going up in value. Sure, Meyer had the foresight not to sell off the Alibaba shares in 2012 and pay maximum taxes, but for the most part she should be judged for how she ran the core business.