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.
Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 9:01 pm PT
Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.
Kara Swisher in Social on November 25, 2011 at 10:34 am PT
Sharing via incessantly sorting all your relationships is apparently now a marketing plus.
Kara Swisher in News on September 22, 2011 at 5:45 am PT
Big play in China, as big investors pour a fortune into Alibaba Group shares to give its employees some walking-around money.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on September 15, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
The online textbook rental is on a hiring spree to expand its student-aimed business all year round. The latest move: Acquiring Zinch, which links high school students with college recruiters.
Kara Swisher in News on September 6, 2011 at 3:55 pm PT
According to sources at the company, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz is no longer CEO of Yahoo. CFO Tim Morse has been named interim CEO.
The situation around the departure is unclear, but Bartz has had a rocky tenure in her 30 months at the company.
Kara Swisher in News on July 3, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
How’s this for irony:
It was less than a year and a half ago that Owen Van Natta was ousted from his job as CEO of Myspace.
But last week — just as the failed social networking site sold for a paltry $35 million — Van Natta could have bought it himself for a fraction of his stake in Zynga, the social gaming phenom that just filed for its IPO and where he’s a top exec and shareholder.
Kara Swisher in News on July 1, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT
Microsoft’s SVP of Strategy and Partnership Hank Vigil will be leaving the software giant to focus on investing in and advising for early-stage start-up companies.
But the 25-year company veteran will also become a “strategic adviser” to Microsoft. That’s probably a good idea, since Vigil is one of the company’s most visible and well-liked execs in the tech community, especially in Silicon Valley.
Kara Swisher in News on May 13, 2011 at 12:03 am PT
You’re a very annoying partner for Alibaba, Yahoo. Huh? You know what happens to annoying partners in China? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their Alipays.
