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BlackBerry Maker Layoffs Met With Chorus of Raspberries

John Paczkowski in News on July 26, 2011 at 4:27 am PT

Research In Motion described its decision to sack 10 percent of its workforce Monday as “a prudent and necessary step for the long term success of the company.” But few, it seems, are buying it.

As CEO Bartz Fiddles With Turnaround, Yahoo’s Stock Value Burns

Kara Swisher in News on July 21, 2011 at 7:05 am PT

Yahoo — which turned in yet another disappointing quarter on Tuesday, but with all new excuses for the continuing decline in revenue — is now getting toasted by Wall Street. That would be the marshmallow — and not the champagne — kind.

CapLinked Wants To Make Deal Opportunities Go Social

Tomio Geron, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 23, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Picture this: LinkedIn-meets-Salesforce, for potential start-up financing opportunities. That’s the vision for CapLinked Inc., a new start-up that wants to be the go-to place for setting up and closing deals, as well as managing portfolio companies after the close.

New Looks for Aging Models: Fashion Shots from Yahoo’s Product Runway

John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

“The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about.” That quip fired off recently by Ironfire Capital founder and former dissident Yahoo investor Eric Jackson pretty much sums up the state of affairs at the company, which seems to be losing relevance almost as quickly as it’s losing talent.

Microsoft: Mr. Acquisitive?

John Paczkowski in News on May 11, 2009 at 11:58 am PT

With $25 billion in its coffers, Microsoft isn’t exactly hurting for cash. So why is the company planning a bond offering that could raise billions in additional capital? Microsoft will say only that the sale of the notes will be used for “general corporate purposes.” Those include working capital and share buybacks. They also include acquisitions.

Weekend Update, 10/10/08

John Paczkowski in News on October 11, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

The best thing that can be said of the week ending Oct. 10, 2008, is this: It’s over. Marked by panic selling and wet-your-pants fear, it was one of the worst weeks in the financial world’s history–a week that cut the legs out from under Google, beat Yahoo until its market cap bled purple and caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to swing more than one thousand points on an intra-day basis.

Taking the "Yahoo" Out of "Yahoo Shareholder Activist"

John Paczkowski in News on October 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm PT

No surprise here. Yahoo shareholder dissatisfaction is following a trend line inverse to the company’s plummeting share price. In fact, the price has dipped so low that Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson–the dissident Yahoo investor who agitated for change at the company and the creator of the Yahoo! Plan B investor community–has dumped his Yahoo shares.

Taking the “Yahoo” Out of “Yahoo Shareholder Activist”

John Paczkowski in News on October 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm PT

No surprise here. Yahoo shareholder dissatisfaction is following a trend line inverse to the company’s plummeting share price. In fact, the price has dipped so low that Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson–the dissident Yahoo investor who agitated for change at the company and the creator of the Yahoo! Plan B investor community–has dumped his Yahoo shares.

Kara Visits the Yahoo Annual Meeting!

Kara Swisher in News on August 4, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

BoomTown was blogging so manically from the Yahoo annual meeting, which took place in San Jose on Friday, I plum forgot to load up the video I did there. No video was allowed inside the meeting or anywhere near it, by the way. So rather than getting beaten senseless by the squads of purple-clad Yahoo minions of CEO Jerry Yang, I decided to pocket my Flip camera for part of it.