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

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.
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Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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Google, Amazon Are Potential Buyers for Deal Site Travelzoo

Travelzoo’s stock soared by nearly 30 percent today on news that the 14-year-old deals site is planning to sell itself.
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L.A. Stories: Mike Jones and Peter Pham Talk About the Science of Tech Studios (Video)

Down in SoCal, there is some serious start-up experimentation going on.
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To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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Insight Leads $165 Million Round in Cloud-Based Energy Database Company Drilling Info

As the U.S. gets closer to energy independence, the investment around oil and gas exploration and the technology that helps get it done, are, well, gushing.
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Ready to Rumble or Make Nice? Activist Shareholder Daniel Loeb Could Strike Sooner Than Yahoo Thinks.

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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Yahoo CEO Meeting With PE Firms — PIPE Might Be Dead, but What Else Is There?

The beat goes on … and on … and on.
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For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain