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Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

Liz Gannes and Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 16 at 8:18 pm PT

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.

Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 7:12 pm PT

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.

They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

Kara Swisher in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.

Yahoo’s Board Will “Review” Resume Discrepancy of CEO

Kara Swisher in News on May 3 at 7:28 pm PT

Shoes start to drop, as shoes tend to do.

Yahoo Gives Dan Loeb a Fresh One, but Real Action in Proxy Fight Begins in Coming Weeks

Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 5:28 pm PT

Buuuurn! (Not really.)

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.

Spotify’s Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves to Path to Do Same

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 5:00 am PT

The fix-it guy for the popular music service takes his tools over to the personal social network.

Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms

Kara Swisher in News on March 28 at 8:02 am PT

What is Yahoo? Yes, that again. Meanwhile, employees await cuts.

To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

Kara Swisher in News on March 14 at 8:04 am PT

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!

Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement, Which Social Network Calls “Puzzling” (Including Filing)

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 1:15 pm PT

In what is either the boldest gamble of its history or the most boneheaded, Yahoo has filed a massive legal attack against the powerful social networking giant for intellectual property violations.