After the sale, what happens to Yahoo's leftovers?

When Verizon announced Monday it was snapping up Yahoo for a cool $4.83 billion, the sale was hailed as the death knell for the early internet, but it also raised questions about the future of some of its properties in the Asia Pacific.
The purchase hands Verizon Yahoo's core business, but does not include its minority equity interests in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, a collection of patents and some cash. (As a side note, the patent collection is called Excalibur, which, OK.) These holdings will be