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Yahoo shares have continued to slide over the past year. Is the world's top Internet destination doomed?
Yahoo: CNBC Investor Toolkit |
Not according to Rob Sanderson, analyst at American Technology Research, who told CNBC why he has a "buy" rating for the Web portal company.
Despite Yahoo's [YHOO
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He praised Yahoo's "competitive position" in Alibaba.com, which "may well become the dominant Internet company in China."
The analyst eschews talk of a death-battle among Internet titans such as eBay [EBAY
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] MSN, despite their often warring with overlapping weapons -- think search, e-mail and social networking: "There is definitely room for both a Google [GOOG
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Sanderson has a $41 price target for Yahoo by year's end.




