Yahoo! (YHOO) Makes Another Talent Grab with the Acquisition of Ztelic

July 18, 2013 2:54 PM EDT
Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) isn't resting following strong quarterly results issued earlier this week.

Today, the WSJ is reporting that Yahoo! acquired Beijing-based Ztelic, a company which analyzes social-networking data. Founder Hao Zheng was a former Yahoo! employee in China.

This is the 19th acquisition for Marissa Mayer in her first year as CEO of Yahoo! On Wednesday, it was announced that Yahoo! acquire mobile-ad platform Admovate. Most of the purchases have been for talent over anything else. Notable's include Summly, Tumblr, and Xobni.

Shares of Yahoo! are up 0.4 percent.


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