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Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal (Updated)

It’s done.

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May 20, 2012 at 3:34 pm PT

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Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal — Half Now, Then Half of What’s Left After Eventual IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 11:39 pm PT

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.

The King Is Dead, Long Live the … Whatever: Levinsohn’s Management Moves at Yahoo (Internal Memo)

Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 5:31 pm PT

For those following the soap opera that I am chief writer for, “Days of Our Yahoos,” here’s the latest episode.

Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest

Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 17 at 9:29 am PT

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

Liz Gannes and Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 16 at 8:18 pm PT

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.

Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent-Fraud Claim

Kara Swisher in News on May 16 at 3:13 pm PT

Yahoo’s dog ate its homework, says Facebook.

Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 7:12 pm PT

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.

Investors Told Facebook IPO Will Be in $34 to $38 Price Range

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 4:52 pm PT

Woah, Nelly.

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Adobe Expands Board by Three to an Even Dozen

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 4:39 pm PT

Adobe’s going to need a longer table in the executive conference room with the addition of three new directors to its board of nine. Aboard as of today are Amy Banse, Comcast SVP and managing director and head of funds for Comcast Ventures; Frank Calderoni, executive vice president and CFO of Cisco; and Laura Desmond, global chief executive officer of Starcom MediaVest Group.

Here’s Yahoo’s Official Parting With Thompson Over ResuMess — No Severance, But Make-Whole Millions

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 1:59 pm PT

And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 2:00 am PT

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.

Here’s New Yahoo CEO’s First Note to Troops! (The Leaking-Internal-Memos-to-ATD Policy Remains in Effect As Usual)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 13, 2012 at 2:33 pm PT

Yahoo Officially Confirms ATD Report on CEO Changes and Proxy Settlement

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 13, 2012 at 12:35 pm PT

Meet the Man I Call “The Hair”: The Video Stylings of Yahoo’s Newest CEO Ross Levinsohn

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, May 13, 2012 at 12:03 pm PT

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 13, 2012 at 8:59 am PT

Heidrick & Struggles Slaps Back at Thompson’s Yahoo in Blame Game Over ResuMess

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm PT

Is He In or Is He Out? Crunchtime for Scott Thompson at Yahoo.

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 11, 2012 at 8:15 am PT

Not So Scott Free? Yahoo’s Other Big Shareholder — Cap Re — Leaning Toward Supporting Loeb Over Thompson ResuMess.

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm PT

Stern Named Head of New Strategery Role at Yahoo

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 9, 2012 at 4:41 pm PT

Tech Nation’s Gunn Says She and Yahoo CEO Discussed Their CS Degrees Before 2009 Show (Video and Audio)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 9, 2012 at 11:20 am PT

Loeb Calls Again for Thompson Firing From Yahoo, as Former eBay Boss Supports Him

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 9, 2012 at 7:33 am PT

Place Your Bets: Will Loeb Drop Another Bomb on Yahoo at Vegas Confab Later Today?

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 9, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Viral Video: “The Watch”

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, May 9, 2012 at 12:14 am PT

Demand Media’s Q1 Earnings: Kung-Goog Panda Did Not Kill Us!

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 8, 2012 at 2:16 pm PT

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, May 8, 2012 at 8:50 am PT

Key Strategic — And Digitally Inclined — CBS Exec Lurie Departs

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, May 8, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

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