Yahoo wins big on Alibaba IPO

After selling 140 mil shares of newly public Alibaba (BABA) at 68 a share, Yahoo (YHOO) netted $9.4 bil vs. analyst views that leaned closer to $6 bil. Yahoo retains a 15% stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm, down from an earlier pre-IPO 22.4% stake. Yahoo shares fell 1.1% to 40.32. Alibaba fell 3.1% to 86.10.

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