As Yahoo Board Meets Tomorrow, Investors Ready Thumbscrews

Welcome to Sunnyvale, Yahoo board! But you might want to wear a disguise when you visit URL’s Cafe!
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Hey Start-Ups! These Guys Have Checkbooks. Just Ask Them!

When times are tough, you don’t get VCs in a room to convince start-ups to work with them. But that’s what’s happening Wednesday, so take the money while you can. Also: Free beer!

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Eric Schmidt and the Technorati Visit the State Department.

Sick of CES news? Are you in Washington, D.C., tonight? Feel like some ambitious party-crashing? Here’s a dinner to get yourself into: The one Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hosting for Google CEO Eric Schmidt and a group of digital doers and thinkers.

Mr. Murdoch (and the Rest of News Corp.) Go to Washington

Another day, another “future of journalism” panel. Actually, this one, hosted by the Federal Trade Commission, is a two-day event, which is enough time to hear from three different News Corp. executives.
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Wireless Industry Attorneys Stacking Up on NoDoz, Frozen Pizzas

Next week looks to be a painful one for big American wireless carriers. The Federal Communications Commission has announced its agenda for Thursday’s Open Commission meeting and it implies some long days ahead for wireless industry attorneys. Among the issues to be discussed: The state of competition in the wireless market, carrier handset vendor-exclusivity deals like those between Apple and AT&T, fee-setting and “truth in billing.”
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