Why is the following article related to the definition of economics?

Question

I had this question in my head while I was reading the article. Yes, I mean what does this have to do with the definition of economics.

This is an article from the Economics, I don't know why this article is related to economics.

Here it is about Yahoo's Jerry Yang

http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10853551

Answer 1

It does in a roundabout way because of how it affected the shareholders of Yahoo. Investing in stocks is part of how our economy is influenced but we are stretching out here a bit.

Answer 2

well, it isn't really.

it is focused on giving investors background information on yahoo and its current position in the

does Yahoo  buy a company ?

does another company buy yahoo?

it would have fit better in the Wall Street Journal or the biz section of any newspaper.