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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?

China Solution: Yahoo, SoftBank and Alibaba Reach Agreement

Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2011 at 4:50 am PT

Yahoo, SoftBank and Alibaba have reached an agreement in their contentious dispute around the Alipay payments unit.

Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

Kara Swisher in News on April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Today and tomorrow, Yahoo’s directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. While board meetings in general are usually pretty dull affairs–and Yahoo’s, in particular, are typically glacial ones–there is a lot on the plates of those with purview over the machinations of the long-struggling Silicon Valley Internet giant.

Google Awards Big Bonuses to Four Executives

Scott Morrison, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT

Google Inc. granted $8.9 million in bonuses and $50 million in equity to four senior executives for 2010, but the Web giant’s co-founders and its chief executive didn’t receive additional compensation.

Exclusive: Former AOLers Steve Case and Ted Leonsis Raising $400 Million Growth Equity Fund

Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 11:58 am PT

Steve Case and Ted Leonsis are bringing their old AOL band back together once again, this time by raising a $400 million growth equity fund. The pair, the legendary top execs who rocketed AOL to the top of the Internet business in the 1990s, are now making the rounds in New York and elsewhere to pitch their new investment vehicle, sources said.

Bill Gross's UberMedia Raises $17.5 Million From Accel, Index and Steve Case

Kara Swisher in News on February 14, 2011 at 9:04 am PT

UberMedia, which just bought TweetDeck for $30 million in equity last week, has raised $17.5 million in a round led by Accel Partners. The valuation for the Pasadena, Calif., start-up founded by well-known entrepreneur Bill Gross–which was actually struck some month ago–is $40 million.

AOL Sells Content Recommender Surphace to Content Recommender Outbrain

Peter Kafka in Media on February 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT

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