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After Microsoft withdrew its $33-a-share offer for Yahoo on Saturday, the question was how far Yahoo’s stock would drop. On Monday, the markets gave an initial answer: plenty.
At 12:20 p.m., Yahoo’s shares were off about 14 percent, at $24.65, after closing at $28.67 on Friday — a day when the companies were said to be escalating their...