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

in News on May 24 at 3:06 pm PT

Actually, it’s “Go to H-E-double-toothpicks.”
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Former CEO Thompson Might Be Gone, But Internal Investigation Into ResuMess Still a Hot Potato at Yahoo

in News on May 22 at 9:03 am PT

The mystery of the botched bio lingers on.
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Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

in News on May 14 at 2:00 am PT

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.
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Is He In or Is He Out? Crunchtime for Scott Thompson at Yahoo.

in News on May 11 at 8:15 am PT

Waiting for a verdict in trial of ResuMess.
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Not So Scott Free? Yahoo’s Other Big Shareholder — Cap Re — Leaning Toward Supporting Loeb Over Thompson ResuMess.

in News on May 10 at 3:56 pm PT

Is the tenure of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson — who is now big with the excuses — in trouble if other shareholders start to bolt?
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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.
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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame)

in News on May 6 at 8:27 pm PT

On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

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.
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Yahoo’s Board Will “Review” Resume Discrepancy of CEO

in News on May 3 at 7:28 pm PT

Shoes start to drop, as shoes tend to do.
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How Did a Phantom CS Degree Get on CEO’s Bio in SEC Filings? Yahoo’s Not Saying.

in News on May 3 at 4:08 pm PT

Fasten your seatbelts, Yahoo, it’s going to be another bumpy night.
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Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week, Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg (No Guarantee on Tie)

in Social, May 1, 2012 at 5:58 am PT

Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

in Commerce, April 30, 2012 at 12:40 pm PT

Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

in News, April 23, 2012 at 12:13 pm PT

Ahead of the JOBS Act Rush, CircleUp Launches Crowdfunding Platform

in News, April 18, 2012 at 4:30 am PT

SEC Probes Groupon

in Commerce, April 3, 2012 at 4:20 am PT

In Wake of Groupon Issues, Critics Wary of JOBS Act

in News, April 1, 2012 at 5:11 pm PT

Groupon Restates Earnings After Seeing a Spike in Holiday Returns

in Commerce, March 30, 2012 at 2:16 pm PT

HP Raises Dividend 10 Percent

Yahoo Hopes to Fight Back at Activist Shareholder Third Point With More New Board Members of Its Own

in News, March 22, 2012 at 1:34 pm PT

More Shoes Drop: Third Point Formally Files Preliminary Proxy Statement With SEC

Why Wasn’t SecondMarket Part of the SEC Pre-IPO Stock Attack? CEO Barry Silbert’s Happy to Tell You on Quora.

in Commerce, March 16, 2012 at 1:42 pm PT

Stop All That Poking: Facebook Filing Temporarily Crashes SEC Web Site

in News, February 1, 2012 at 2:28 pm PT

On Its Eighth Birthday, Facebook Files to Raise $5 Billion in Massive IPO (Get Your S-1 Here!)

in News, February 1, 2012 at 1:51 pm PT

Dude, Where’s My Facebook IPO Filing? (Ashton’s on Hold!)

in News, February 1, 2012 at 5:50 am PT

Is Facebook IPO on Track for May?

in Social, January 16, 2012 at 1:31 am PT