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is a

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and

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company founded on March 1, 1995. The company is a

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and its headquarters is located in

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. It was founded by

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graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994. According to web traffic analysis companies, Yahoo has been one of the most visited websites on the Internet, with more than 130 million

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s per month in the United States alone. As of October 2007, the global network of Yahoo receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average, making it one of the most visited US websites. Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of

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, a

company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of

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, an

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company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder

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a billionaire. Most of the companies acquired by Yahoo are based in the United States; 78 of the companies are from the United States, and 15 are based in a foreign country. As of July 2015, Yahoo has acquired 114 companies, with

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Acquisitions

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