Alibaba is good at making money. Yahoo is good at burning them. If you take $1bn from alibaba -> $1BN goes to shareholders. If yahoo takes $1bn from alibaba -

Alibaba is good at making money. Yahoo is good at burning them. If you take $1bn from alibaba -> $1BN goes to shareholders. If yahoo takes $1bn from alibaba -> they pay a hundred million for a golden parachute, stagnate tumblr with the other 500$, buy startups for $499 million and return some loose change and pocket lint to investors.