Yahoo 10-K: $638 Million in Acquisitions in 2005

Yahoo filed its annual report earlier this month with the SEC and some details on its 2005 acquisitions, and other things. (The full SEC filing is here)

Among other :

– Yahoo spent $638 million in acquisitions in 2005, not including the Alibaba transaction..out of those, $79 million went to four smaller companies which it did not name (these are companies we have covered over the year, including Flickr, Delicious and others.)

— As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately 9,800 full-time employees.

— Product development expenses for the year increased approximately $178 million, or 48 percent, as compared to the prior year. Approximately $121 million related to increased compensation expense as we continued to hire engineers to further develop and create new offerings and services on the Yahoo! Properties. Additionally, approximately $22 million of the increase related to higher depreciation expense arising from our additional investments in property and equipment to support further product development, and $23 million related to the increase in supplies and equipment related expenses required to support our growing headcount.

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