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What Does Dan Loeb Want for His $1B — Lotsa Yahoo News, That’s What!

Kara Swisher in News on March 20 at 6:59 am PT

The hijinks go on.

Outgoing Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock’s Farewell Letter (And Other Stuff)

Kara Swisher in News on February 7 at 1:11 pm PT

Bygones, Roy?

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Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO — With eBay’s PayPal Prez as Top Choice

Kara Swisher in News on January 3 at 11:29 pm PT

Has Yahoo found its new Prince Charming in PayPal President Scott Thompson?

Here Are Some More Yahoo CEO Choices: Liddell, Rosenblatt, Desmond

Kara Swisher in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT

Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

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

It’s on.

Google Will Pay Mozilla Almost $300M Per Year in Search Deal, Besting Microsoft and Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on December 22, 2011 at 10:57 am PT

The search giant will pony up close to $1 billion to hipcheck Microsoft’s Bing from the pole position on the Firefox browser.

Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Wanted, one magical exec to work miracles against increasingly troublesome dragons. Ability to sparkle a plus.

If Drafted, Andreessen Horowitz Will Not Run Yahoo (But We’ll Buy It on the Cheap!)

Kara Swisher in News on December 9, 2011 at 10:55 am PT

How Shermanesque! If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve … blah, blah, blah.

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PE Firms Meeting With Yahoo Board Members Today

Kara Swisher in Media on December 8, 2011 at 8:09 am PT

I vow not to bash you over the head too much in an endless roundelay of posts about back-and-forth deal wrangling between Yahoo and its possible bidders in a proposed partial investment deal. But sources said that board chairman Roy Bostock and other members of its strategic committee are doing more hurrying up and less waiting by more formally meeting with the two PE firms that have made bids. Silver Lake’s confab takes place today.

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

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

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …