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With Stock Close to an All-Time High, AOL Tells Activist Shareholder to Go to — Well — You Know!

Kara Swisher in News on May 24 at 3:06 pm PT

Actually, it’s “Go to H-E-double-toothpicks.”

Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal — Half Now, Then Half of What’s Left After Eventual IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 11:39 pm PT

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.

Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent-Fraud Claim

Kara Swisher in News on May 16 at 3:13 pm PT

Yahoo’s dog ate its homework, says Facebook.

Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 7:12 pm PT

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.

They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

Kara Swisher in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT

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.

Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week, Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg (No Guarantee on Tie)

Kara Swisher in Social on May 1 at 5:58 am PT

Camille, scramble the private jets, stat!

Barnes & Noble Spins Off Nook, With Help From Microsoft (Updated)

Peter Kafka in Mobile on April 30 at 3:59 am PT

Microsoft gets into the e-reader game with a $300 million investment. And Barnes & Noble creates a digital business that’s worth more than its brick-and-mortar ancestor.

Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

Kara Swisher in News on April 27 at 11:05 am PT

Our long social patent fight is not over.

ITC Gives Motorola Partial Victory in Apple Patent Fight

John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 24 at 10:05 am PT

The U.S. International Trade Commission handed Motorola Mobility a partial victory in its patent battle with Apple today, ruling that the company’s iPhone and iPad do indeed infringe Motorola’s intellectual property.

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?