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Alibaba Regains Control

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s deal to buy back shares from Yahoo Inc. gives the Chinese e-commerce company the control it craves to grapple with mounting domestic competition and logistical challenges.

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

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

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Yahoo, Alibaba Working on New, Taxable Deal

Yahoo has been working on a new deal to sell a portion of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Asian company.

Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.
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Yahoo Activist’s Passive-Aggressive Strategy

Activist investors frequently agitate for companies to break themselves up. Not Daniel Loeb.

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Alibaba Plans to Take Web Portal Unit Private

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to take private its Hong Kong-listed Alibaba.com Ltd. in a U.S. $2.3 billion deal to shore up the e-commerce portal.

Welcome Back, Einhorn! Is Hedge Fund Back in Yahoo Fray?

It’s hard not to like the brainy David Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital, the New York hedge fund that often dips into tech investing.
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Yahoo Discussing Plan to Cut Alibaba Stake to 15 Percent

Yahoo Inc. is discussing a plan to cut its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to about 15 percent as part of a tax-free transaction valued at between $17 billion and $18 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

’Twas the Deal Before Christmas? — A Holiday Poem for Yahoo

Board members were nestled all smug in their heads, With visions of $31-a-share that had long since been dead.
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Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

Aggressive private equity firm signs on the secret dotted line it said it would not. Of course.
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Jack Ma: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)