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Chairman Jack Ma's Internal Email on Alibaba.com Management Shakeup

Kara Swisher in News on February 21, 2011 at 10:33 am PT

Earlier today, the top management of Alibaba.com, the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce site resigned after an internal company investigation determined that thousands of fraudulent sales were taking place. Here is Chairman Jack Ma’s emotional internal email to staff about the controversy.

Liveblogging Yahoo’s 3Q Earnings: Busy, Busy, Busy (So Go Away, Tim Armstrong!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 2:12 pm PT

Here we go with the Yahoo third-quarter earnings call starring CEO Carol Bartz, who has some–in the immortal words of Ricky Ricardo–‘splaining to do. Yahoo turned in a much-needed solid quarterly earnings report, with slightly better-than-expected earnings, although still weak revenues. CEO Carol Bartz sounded subdued and very much on script. Probably a good idea, considering!

Chartastic! Here Are Yahoo's Q3 Financial Highlights, Now With Even More Bars!

Kara Swisher in News on October 20, 2009 at 10:06 pm PT

Yahoo reported its third-quarter earnings earlier today, a pretty good performance in which it soundly beat Wall Street expectations with a stronger net income than expected. While advertising revenue was down at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, also as expected, cost-cutting by CEO Carol Bartz and the sale of its stake in China’s Alibaba seem to have more than made up for it. Here are Yahoo’s financial presentations, full of more numbers than you will ever want to crunch.

Time to Yodel? Yahoo Beats Street Expectations With Stronger Net Income and Better Outlook for Q4.

Kara Swisher in News on October 20, 2009 at 1:28 pm PT

Yahoo bested Wall Street expectations today, announcing stronger net income for its third quarter, despite an also expected decline in revenue. In addition, Yahoo’s expectations for the fourth quarter are more positive than expected by investors. But, there were some issues to worry about: Search advertising revenue was off 19 percent and display was off eight percent at “Owned and Operated” sites on Yahoo. So, while investors can finally relax, how Yahoo can grow going forward is sure to be their next focus.

I Bet $31-Per-Share Sounds Pretty Good Right About Now, Eh?

John Paczkowski in News on October 10, 2008 at 7:27 am PT

Now that Yahoo is trading at $12.63 in an economy that’s falling Homer Simpson-style down the long rocky slope of economic collapse, some of the company’s institutional investors are hoping to convince it to sell itself to Microsoft again.