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

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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Code Advisors Takes a $25 Million Investment From J.P. Morgan

Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.
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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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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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So It’s the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo — The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented

In poking Facebook, Yahoo might now learn what it is really like to be de-friended.
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Proxy Ho? Like Yahoo, AOL Could Face Alternate Board Slate From Irked Investor as Early as Today.

Is AOL ready to come about? Hard to see.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Asia Deal Talks Off for Now

You thought this was going to be easy? Think again!
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