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

in News on May 20 at 3:34 pm PT

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

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

in News on May 14 at 1:59 pm PT

And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
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Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

in News on May 14 at 2:00 am PT

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

in News on April 28 at 11:02 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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Amazon Softens Stance on Taxes

in Commerce on April 28 at 6:15 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement with Texas officials Friday to begin collecting sales taxes in the state starting in July and appears to be backing away from its long-held opposition to tax collection in states where it has warehouses and other facilities.

Proxy Ho? Like Yahoo, AOL Could Face Alternate Board Slate From Irked Investor as Early as Today.

in News on February 24 at 1:46 am PT

Is AOL ready to come about? Hard to see.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Asia Deal Talks Off for Now

in News on February 14 at 10:10 am PT

You thought this was going to be easy? Think again!
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Yahoo Starts Making Wish List, as Asian Deal Huffs to Finish Line and Board Changes Readied

in News on February 6 at 5:45 am PT

Here’s a big, honking update on the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s various machinations for you!
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Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

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

It’s on.
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Google Renews Firefox Search Royalty Deal

in News, December 20, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

in Media, December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Ex-Yahoos Getting Downloaded by PE Firms and Others on Possible Deals

in News, November 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

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

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

CrunchFund? Unethical Ventures? Pig Pile Partners? No Matter What You Call It, It’s Business as Usual in Silicon Valley.

in Media, September 2, 2011 at 6:16 am PT

Yahoo-Alibaba-SoftBank Settlement Call: At Least It’s Not 100 Percent of Zero!

in News, July 29, 2011 at 6:01 am PT

China Solution: Yahoo, SoftBank and Alibaba Reach Agreement

in News, July 29, 2011 at 4:50 am PT

Yahoo Revenues Down Again in Q2, With Weakness in Search and U.S. Display Ad Sales

in News, July 19, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Data Analytics Firm Vertica

Nokia’s Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?

in Mobile, February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

Intel Will Pay Nvidia $1.5 Billion to "Maintain Patent Peace"

in Enterprise, January 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm PT

Amazon Recruits Developers for Super-Slick Android Appstore

in Commerce, January 5, 2011 at 11:56 am PT

Sears Launches Movie-Download Service With Sonic Solutions

in News, December 28, 2010 at 12:17 pm PT

Microsoft Plans to talk Windows on ARM at CES, but Products a Ways Off

in Mobile, December 21, 2010 at 5:42 pm PT

The Outlook for Java on the Mac Perks Up