The beleaguered Yahoo has posted a 14 percent drop in core revenue, The Australian reports. "The earnings report comes as clouds gather around Verizon’s $4.8 billion deal following Yahoo’s disclosure last month of a data breach affecting more than 500 million accounts, one of the largest thefts of personal data to date," the report states. Sources close to those involved in the acquisition deal say that Verizon is impatient with Yahoo's slow-moving investigation into the breach, Bloomberg Technology reports. Meanwhile, Yahoo said in its earnings report that it was “heartened" by consumer loyalty in the aftermath of the breach, a Fortune report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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