Stern Named Head of New Strategery Role at Yahoo

The man who has been the Swiss Army Knife of Yahoo will be key strategy guy for Thompson, who clearly wants to do a lot of strategizing.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.
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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame)

On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.
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Intuit Just Bought What for $424 Million? Demandforce, That’s What.

The newest business unit at Intuit: A software-as-a-service player devoted to small-business marketing that deliberately flew under the radar.
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Federal Judge Forces Apple, Google, Others to Face Antitrust Suit

A federal judge says there’s enough information that six tech companies had “do-not-cold-call” agreements between them that they have to face an antitrust suite from five software engineers.
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Square’s Next Round Could Swipe a $4 Billion Valuation

Square is seeking to raise a fresh round of capital at a valuation of up to $4 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Mobile Payments Price War Heats Up as Pay Anywhere Slashes Merchant Fees

Bring on the price wars: As of today, Pay Anywhere is now charging less than Square, PayPal and Intuit for its smartphone credit card processing service.
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With IPO Buzz Building, RingCentral Hires New CFO

The cloud-based phone service adds to its pre-IPO buzz by landing a CFO from a public company.
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Track Changes on an iPad

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