2015-05-12 b91f760c35cc4172ee6e0be29485d5ba619be00e 3 AOL Inc. 13 /wiki/aol%20inc. Verizon Communications 1 /wiki/verizon%20communications%20inc. AOL Inc. Verizon Communications Verizon Communications 2016-04-7 a54abacd8668c8ef51987b619f2dd437b776914b 6 Verizon Communications 1 /feed/2016/04/7/bloomberg-news-reports-verizon-communications-plans-a-bid-for-yahoo-inc-s-web-business-including-yahoo-japan-corp-ne Bloomberg News reports Verizon Communications plans a bid for Yahoo Inc.'s Web business, including Yahoo Japan Corp., next week. Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG are considering bidding for Yahoo's core business. AT&T Inc., Comcast, and Microsoft Corp. reportedly aren't interested. /feed/2015/05/12/verizon-communications-inc-announces-that-it-will-buy-aol-inc-for-us-44-billion Fox Business 12 04ea467e8a60f42b4b36d19ffaa56fc15c9d9dc5 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20150514165153/http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2015/05/12/verizon-to-acquire-aol-in-44-billion-deal/ 2015 Verizon Communications Inc. announces that it will buy AOL Inc. for US$4.4 billion.