Verizon said to be buyer of Yahoo for $5 billion: Reports

Yahoo is expected to sell its email service and news, finance and sports websites in addition to its advertising tools under pressure from shareholders fed up with a downturn in the company's revenue during the past eight years.

Most of the money has been flowing to internet search leader Google and internet social networking leader Facebook, just two of several companies that eclipsed Yahoo, who slid from an online sensation once valued at $130 billion to a dysfunctional also ran.