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Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

There is no $20 bid for Yahoo today. So why was it suddenly news? Time to blame Wall Street again.

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

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

Former employees are good for something, apparently!

Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2011 at 11:08 am PT

Aggressive private equity firm signs on the secret dotted line it said it would not. Of course.

Deal Gone Bad? BuyWithMe Struggles as Investors Sour on Groupon Clones.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 25, 2011 at 8:53 pm PT

BuyWithMe, one of the early contenders in the daily deals space, has laid off a significant portion of its staff and is now in limbo as it finds raising more capital difficult.

Meet Domo, the Latest Chapter in the Josh James Saga

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 13, 2011 at 5:59 pm PT

The former CEO of Omniture bought a company in his home state of Utah, and then renamed it, but not before having a lot of fun along the way. And? He just raised $33 million.

Video: With $41M in Hand, Color Offers New Proximity-Based Social Network

Liz Gannes in Social on March 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Bill Nguyen, the serial entrepreneur who most recently sold Lala to Apple for around $80 million, is today launching Color, a proximity-based social network with no privacy settings.

Blip.TV Raises $10 Million for More Web Video You (Probably) Won’t See on Hulu

Peter Kafka in Media on May 19, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

It’s no YouTube, but Blip.TV is turning five, too. That’s impressive enough for any Web video outfit, but CEO Mike Hudack also has a good story to tell: He’s figuring out how to make money from the clips small-time producers make–and how to get the producers enough money to make more clips. Repeat.

New York Times to Boston Globe Bidders: Take Your Time!

Peter Kafka in Media on July 7, 2009 at 7:46 am PT

Stressed about making tomorrow morning’s deadline to submit a bid for the Boston Globe? No worries! The New York Times, which is selling the paper it bought in 1993, is telling prospective buyers to take their time. Goldman Sachs, which is running the auction for the Times, had originally told bidders to submit their offer by July 8. But as of last night, that deadline has been pushed back, with no new deadline to replace it.