滿21歲的雅虎業績每下愈況，但即使裁員、關閉據點，激進派股東仍不滿意，逼得執行長梅爾（Marissa Mayer）奉命得把雅虎嫁出去（a shotgun wedding）。電信、網路龍頭等40多家企業皆傳有意競標。分析師說，求婚者眾，代表身價不菲，股價有機會飆漲。
【奉命交易淺談】 shotgun wedding 奉子成婚、勉強妥協 A：The activist investors are pushing Yahoo into a shotgun wedding with the highest bidder. （激進股東正逼著雅虎求售，賣給出價最高的買家。） B：It's far from close because what's up for auction still remains a mystery. （離成交還早咧，因為拍賣的事業體和條件仍是個謎。） to pay lip service 光說不練、打嘴炮 A：Many think that Marissa Mayer is merely paying lip service to the shareholders' desire for a sale. （很多人覺得，執行長梅爾光說不練，只是純粹敷衍股東。） B：Even Warren Buffett is being cynical about her performance. （她的績效連股神巴菲特都看不下去了。） severance package 遣散費 A：Shockingly, she will receive a $55 million severance package if she were ousted within a year of the sale. （驚人的是一旦成交後，她1年內丟飯碗，可拿5,500萬美元遣散費。） B：Wow, no matter who gets the ownership in the end, she is definitely the biggest winner! （哇！無論最後誰是新主子，她都會是最大贏家！） 【延伸關鍵字】 1. to bid for：出價競標 2. to expedite：加速、促進 3. to skyrocket：股價飆漲 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權