327 posts and columns on investment

Ready to Rumble or Make Nice? Activist Shareholder Daniel Loeb Could Strike Sooner Than Yahoo Thinks.

in News on February 9 at 10:14 am PT

It’s like the movie “The Gray,” except it’s not clear yet who gets eaten and who does the eating.
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One More Reason to Occupy Wall Street: “Concern” Over Accurate Tech News

in Media on February 8 at 6:44 am PT

Worrywart Wall Street is agonizing over facts.
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Outgoing Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock’s Farewell Letter (And Other Stuff)

in News on February 7 at 1:11 pm PT

Bygones, Roy?
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What Bubble? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion Mega-Fund, Its Third.

in News on January 31 at 7:05 am PT

How green is Silicon Valley? Very, it seems.
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Yahoo CEO Meeting With PE Firms — PIPE Might Be Dead, but What Else Is There?

in News on January 26 at 7:56 am PT

The beat goes on … and on … and on.
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Greylock’s Reid Hoffman Invests in Swedish Social Gifting Company

in Commerce on January 18 at 4:31 am PT

Stockholm-based Wrapp, which was founded by former executives from Spotify, Groupon and other companies, has just received a $5 million gift from Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners.
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Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)
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Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May?

in Social on January 16 at 1:31 am PT

With a click, with a shock, phone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latch! Something’s coming, don’t know when, but it’s soon; Catch the moon, one-handed catch!
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After New CEO Scott “Nice Guy” Thompson Meets Yahoo VPs, It’s Time for All-Hands Meeting to Say Hello!

in News on January 5 at 10:07 am PT

Much more Mr. Nice Guy!
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Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

in News on January 4 at 6:08 am PT

Like I said.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO — With eBay’s PayPal Prez as Top Choice

in News, January 3, 2012 at 11:29 pm PT

Final Tech Stock Tally for 2011: Rout-Roh!

in News, January 3, 2012 at 5:25 am PT

Damn the Tweet-pedoes, Full Rupe Ahead!

in Media, January 2, 2012 at 9:48 am PT

Here Are Some More Yahoo CEO Choices: Liddell, Rosenblatt, Desmond

in News, December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

in News, December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

in Media, December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Samsung Hires Former AOL and Google Content Exec David Eun to Lead Renewed Media Push

in Media, December 14, 2011 at 6:20 am PT

PE Firms Meeting With Yahoo Board Members Today

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

in News, December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Wealthfront Finally Launches, Aimed at Silicon Valley’s “Richie Rich” Newbies

in Commerce, December 1, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Marc Andreessen vs. Reid Hoffman in Yahoo Savior Face-Off? Not Yet. (But Delicious to Imagine.)

in News, December 1, 2011 at 2:23 am PT

What Cash Crunch? Revolution Growth Raises $450M for Its First Fund.

in News, November 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT

Yahoo Bidders Come in at $16.50 to $17.50, With Plan to Keep Jerry Yang on Board

in News, November 30, 2011 at 12:36 am PT

Will Marc or Won’t He? Andreessen Mulling Yahoo Leadership Role in Bid.

in News, November 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT

For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

in News, November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT