North American

Huawei’s John Roese on the Telecom Giant That Wants to Roar: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 21, 2011 at 1:08 pm PT

The Chinese company is the world’s second-largest maker of telecommunications and networking gear — and you’re about to hear a lot more from it going forward.

Former Top Yahoo Sales Exec Weishaupt Joins Criteo

Kara Swisher in Media on November 16, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

One thing Yahoo is good at: Giving other companies exec talent!

Final AsiaD Speakers: Apple’s Phil Schiller and Former VP Al Gore

Kara Swisher in News on October 4, 2011 at 5:15 pm PT

AsiaD is now ready for launch, with a little taste of Apple and the Veep.

Even More AsiaD Speakers: Yahoo’s Yang, HTC’s Wang, Samsung’s Hong and More!

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on September 12, 2011 at 10:08 pm PT

You want more AsiaD speakers, we got more. And there are more to come, too!

More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.

Another Yahoo SVP Departs–This Time, Techie Cheryl Ainoa

Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 11:15 am PT

Yahoo is losing another longtime senior exec, this time Cheryl Ainoa, who has been SVP of the company’s Global Service Engineering unit. Ainoa, who was one of Yahoo’s top women executives, announced her resignation to her team earlier this week. She is apparently departing for a job at another Silicon Valley tech company.

Another Yahoo Loves Group Buying, As Top Ad Sales Exec Mitch Spolan Heads to LivingSocial

Kara Swisher in News on March 7, 2011 at 10:16 pm PT

Yahoo has lost another one of its top advertising sales execs, Mitch Spolan, to a hot start-up of the moment–this time to LivingSocial. The move by Yahoo’s head of North American field sales is the second major loss by the Silicon Valley Internet portal to a social buying site. Another Yahoo sales lead, Lee Brown, left Yahoo late last year to head sales at Groupon.

Actually, AOL's Mark Ellis Is Headed to Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm PT

As AOL CEO Tim Armstrong works to integrate his $315 million purchase of the Huffington Post into the Internet portal, one of its top advertising leaders is departing for a big job at Yahoo. Mark Ellis will become head of the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s North American field sales, after serving in a wide variety of jobs at AOL and being a key lieutenant to global ad sales head Jeff Levick.

Former Microsoft Exec Pursuing New Opportunities at Nokia; Former Nokia President Just Pursuing New Opportunities

John Paczkowski in News on February 11, 2011 at 10:35 am PT

Looks like Nokia’s search for a new North American chief to succeed President Mark Louison has turned up a willing replacement: Former Microsoft executive Chris Weber.

Ross Levinsohn Says Hello on His First Day at School of Hard Knocks, Oops, Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on November 15, 2010 at 8:40 am PT

Ross Levinsohn officially starts at Yahoo today, although he has already been busy machinating and taking meetings since he was appointed North American head recently. The former News Corp. exec replaces Hilary Schneider, and enters a tumultuous job running Yahoo’s key media and advertising sales businesses. BoomTown has yet another primer for him today, but first let’s hear from Ross in his first blog post to the troops at Yahoo.