Here’s Dan Loeb’s Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo’s Alibaba Stake

China is emperor at Yahoo, says activist shareholder.
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Roadshow: CEO Pincus Not Selling Shares in Upcoming Zynga IPO

While he has recently been portrayed as Mr. Potter of Silicon Valley, it looks like the online gaming leader will not get greedy in the IPO.
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President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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CrunchFund? Unethical Ventures? Pig Pile Partners? No Matter What You Call It, It’s Business as Usual in Silicon Valley.

It’s a giant, filthy mud puddle of conflicts of interest in Silicon Valley, but everybody’s in the cesspool, it seems.
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Exclusive: Groupon’s Mason Tells Troops in Feisty Internal Memo: “It Looks Good.”

Facing a barrage of negative press about its upcoming IPO, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason took up a pen to counter critics of the social buying service in a pugnacious email to employees.
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Rupert Murdoch Answers a New Set of Questions Today

The News Corp. CEO gets ready to meet the press — and Wall Street — during his company’s earnings call this afternoon.
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As CEO Bartz Fiddles With Turnaround, Yahoo’s Stock Value Burns

Yahoo — which turned in yet another disappointing quarter on Tuesday, but with all new excuses for the continuing decline in revenue — is now getting toasted by Wall Street. That would be the marshmallow — and not the champagne — kind.
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Viral Video: Hugh Grant’s New Starring Role in Britain’s PhoneGate

For years now, it looked like the tousled adorkability and winsome charms of British movie star Hugh Grant were beginning to grow long in the tooth. That is, until the phone-hacking scandal in Britain — with News Corp.-owned News of the World’s editors, reporters and managers accused of serious misconduct — got really going in recent weeks. And so did Grant.
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G5 Idled? Check! Name Tags On? Check! Weeklong Mogul Fest in Sun Valley Will End With Zuckerberg-Gates Chit-Chat.

In case you haven’t heard, the tech and media moguls have jetted their private planes to Sun Valley, Idaho, for the exclusive annual Allen & Company confab and are probably easing into the cocktail hour just about now. Break out the Kistler Chardonnay and name tags!

Yahoo Preps for Investor Day Tomorrow, While Investors Prep for a Yahoo Grilling

It’s time for Yahoo’s annual meeting with its investors tomorrow. On the menu: Not-so-tasty Chinese issues, with a side of stock decline.
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Viral Video: Awkward, Party of Aniston

Foodspotting Captures $3M Series A

Verizon Gets Ready to Launch 4G

Live from Facebook's Email Messages Launch