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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