bill - 3:18 am on May 21, 2012 (gmt 0)

Looks like they closed the deal

Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal [allthingsd.com] Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally reached an agreement for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web company in a $7 billion deal. The taxable share sale agreement, which is now being approved by both boards, is part of a larger and more complex arrangement, which will also include a multibillion-dollar share buyback by Yahoo and an eventual IPO of Alibaba.