equity

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.

SecondMarket Lays Off 10 Percent in Light of Facebook IPO

Liz Gannes in News on March 30 at 1:35 pm PT

SecondMarket, the marketplace for private company shares that built much of its business on pre-IPO interest in Facebook equity, laid off 10 percent of its staff today.

Here’s Dan Loeb’s Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo’s Alibaba Stake

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 5:29 pm PT

China is emperor at Yahoo, says activist shareholder.

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.

Voices

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.