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Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

There is no $20 bid for Yahoo today. So why was it suddenly news? Time to blame Wall Street again.

Yahoo Shares Jump, Mistaking a Regular Steve-Carol Meeting for More

Kara Swisher in News on January 6, 2011 at 7:03 pm PT

Dear Wall Street analysts and other investors: Yahoo shares had a little lift today on a rumor that Microsoft was interested in buying it again, all due to a meeting that Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had on Monday. Sorry to burst your bubble, but Microsoft is not buying Yahoo.

Meet the Yahoo Board: Something Old, Something New–But Will They Do Something?

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

With all the noisy swirl around Yahoo of late–from its executive turmoil to its flat growth to its dashed partnerships in Asia to its brash CEO–its board has been unusually quiet of late. Comatose, some might say. But with private equity firms, media companies, Web rivals, big shareholders, Wall Street and others all machinating about trying to grab all or some of the Internet giant, it will be interesting to see if its directors will shake themselves out of their typical comfort zone of inactivity to actually do their job. Thus, time for their moment in the BoomTown spotlight!

Yahoo's Stock Acts Like It's in Play–Because It Kind of Is, as Predators Circle

Kara Swisher in News on October 13, 2010 at 3:34 pm PT

Make no mistake–there are no definitive offers on the table to do a variety of takeover deals of Yahoo by either private equity moneybags or from big media giants such as News Corp. or smaller Web firms such as AOL. But that does not mean that major players are not circling Yahoo and assessing the situation aggressively, a fact reflected in the rise in the Internet giant’s stock price today based on the many rumors swirling around it. Yahoo shares were up almost six percent to close at $15.25, a high of late. The stock is up to $16.20 in after-hours trading.

As Silicon Valley Infighting Gets Ever Nastier, Let's Be Careful Out There

Kara Swisher in News on May 7, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Last week, BoomTown was in Washington, D.C., my old stomping grounds for 15 years. I miss a lot of things about living there, but most definitely not the poisonous political partisanship that you get sucked into from the minute you arrive. But it’s almost a relief to be there rather than in Silicon Valley, given how increasingly hostile the atmosphere is getting as a range of companies wrestles over a range of issues, both key and trivial.

As Silicon Valley Infighting Gets Ever Nastier, Let’s Be Careful Out There

Kara Swisher in D8 on May 7, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Last week, BoomTown was in Washington, D.C., my old stomping grounds for 15 years. I miss a lot of things about living there, but most definitely not the poisonous political partisanship that you get sucked into from the minute you arrive. But it’s almost a relief to be there rather than in Silicon Valley, given how increasingly hostile the atmosphere is getting as a range of companies wrestles over a range of issues, both key and trivial.