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

Kara Swisher in News on May 11 at 8:15 am PT

Waiting for a verdict in trial of ResuMess.

Voices

Despite Crackdowns, Sina Still Winning the Weibo Game

Loretta Chao and Josh Chin, Staff Writers, The Wall Street Journal in Social on April 28 at 10:23 am PT

Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo may be in the midst of its most aggressive crackdown yet following an explosion of political rumors among users, but it is still beating Tencent in the microblogging race in China, according to a McKinsey & Co. report released this week.

Woody Speaks Mandarin: Disney Brings Chinese-Language Apps to iPad

Lauren Goode in Product News on March 21 at 2:25 pm PT

到无穷大和超越！ (To infinity and beyond!)

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

Kara Swisher in News on December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

It’s on.

Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

There is no $20 bid for Yahoo today. So why was it suddenly news? Time to blame Wall Street again.

Huawei’s John Roese on the Telecom Giant That Wants to Roar: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 21, 2011 at 1:08 pm PT

The Chinese company is the world’s second-largest maker of telecommunications and networking gear — and you’re about to hear a lot more from it going forward.

Viral Video: Chinese Senior Choir Sings Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”

Kara Swisher in Media on November 10, 2011 at 10:26 am PT

The headline kind of says it all.

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“Perplexed” by U.S. Ownership Rules, Alibaba’s Ma Yellow Lights Yahoo Buying Parade

Kara Swisher in News on October 4, 2011 at 2:28 pm PT

From “very, very interested” to a case of wanna-be-buyer’s remorse?

As U.S.-Listed China Internet Stocks Dive, Renren CEO Smacks Alibaba on the Way Down (And Gets Smacked Back)

Kara Swisher in News on October 2, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

As Chinese Internet exec Joe Chen of Renren snipes at a competitor there, there’s a bigger problem for that country’s Web companies.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma at Stanford: “We Are Very Interested” in Buying the “Whole” of Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on September 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

In answer to a direct question about whether his company was going to buy Yahoo at a forum at Stanford University in Silicon Valley this afternoon, Alibaba Chairman and CEO Jack Ma said: “We are very interested” in buying all of it.