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Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest

Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 17 at 9:29 am PT

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

Liz Gannes and Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 16 at 8:18 pm PT

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.

Here’s New Yahoo CEO’s First Note to Troops! (The Leaking-Internal-Memos-to-ATD Policy Remains in Effect As Usual)

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 2:33 pm PT

Here is the first missive to Yahoo’s troops from new interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, which I obtained from 653 sources at the company. (Joke alert! Sort of!)

Yahoo Officially Confirms ATD Report on CEO Changes and Proxy Settlement

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 12:35 pm PT

All’s well that ends. At least for now — Happy Mother’s Day to all!

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.

Facebook’s Ad Business: More People, More Ads, Same Prices

Peter Kafka in Media on April 23 at 2:43 pm PT

Facebook’s worldwide picture: Growth, and lots of it. But take a closer look, and things get more interesting.

Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 12:13 pm PT

Will the new results cause investors to worry?

It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

Kara Swisher in News on April 4 at 6:22 am PT

CEO Scott Thompson promises that Yahoo, after staff cuts of 14 percent of the entire workforce, will be “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require.”