Headline: "YouTube创始人从雅虎手中收购Delicious". What is the purpose of "手中" If you take out 手中, isn't the translation, YouTube founder buys Delicious from Yahoo, still conveyed? What does 手中 add?

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2011-04-28/09065460713.shtml
手中 actually indicates somebody possess something.
For example B从A手中拿走C means A used to possess C and B take it from A, the sentence is to emphasize the action "take".