orissa meyer said the sale is the top priority. made the saleve our top priority.prised of independent directors and strategic transactions are leaving -- leading a well-run process to achieve the best possible outcome. the management team and i have supported the boards process from the start and we are moving expeditiously. emily: joining me from toronto, eric jackson. from new york, cory johnson, and securities managing director who covers yahoo!. we heard more from her about the sales process dan i think we expected to. what is your take? >> we were very surprised. they were very prompt in providing data. these are things we heard on the fringe that yahoo! was not doing. to directly defend the process was positive. we mentioned that what we want to do is really maximize shareholder value. that's what got investors more interested. she did say we will not hear much more about it from this point on. >> over the past two months, we have spent time with interested participants including some of the most well-known and respected names in the industry. we have been r