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Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO -- With eBay's PayPal Prez as Top Choice
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is poised to name a CEO, an announcement that could come as early as tomorrow. Sources said the leading candidate likely to get the nod is a dark...
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Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO
As I reported late last night, Yahoo said it had named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its new CEO. The exec is currently in charge of the large eBay online payments unit. He’ll start next week,...
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Yahapocalypse Now? Q4 Results, Proxy Fight, Board Hijinks and Asia Solution...
If you thought things were going to quiet down with Yahoo now that it has installed new CEO Scott Thompson in place, think again! That’s because of a very unusual — well, to be fair, unusual for most...
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Jerry Yang's Decision to Leave Yahoo Was His Own -- Even if It Was Inevitable
Yahoo co-founders David Filo and Jerry Yang Yes, he jumped, even though being pushed was surely looming on the horizon ahead. But the decision of Yahoo co-founder, former CEO and director Jerry Yang to...
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As Weak Q4 Earnings Loom, Yahoo Freezes Hiring and Also Contemplates Layoffs
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has instituted a hiring freeze across the company and is considering a reduction in force in support units of the company. While the details of any...
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Yahoo CEO Meeting With PE Firms -- PIPE Might Be Dead, but What Else Is There?
According to sources close to the situation, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is meeting with the two private equity firms that had made previous partial investment overtures to the Silicon Valley...
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Yahoo Starts Making Wish List, as Asian Deal Huffs to Finish Line and Board...
Let’s be clear on the much-awaited Asian deal that Yahoo and its Asian partners have been working on: While it is certainly still moving forward, once signed, it will not actually officially close...
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Yahoo Product Unit Readies Major Exec Reorg -- But It's Just a Tremor for the...
Yahoo’s massive product unit is readying a major reorganization, which will include a new structure, a move that is being spearheaded by its Chief Product Officer, Blake Irving. But the ground under...
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Exclusive: Yahoo Asia Deal Talks Off for Now
According to sources close to the situation, the discussions between Yahoo and its Asian partners have hit a potentially deal-breaking impasse over the efficacy of the centerpiece of the complex...
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So It's the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo -- The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented
It was Yahoo legal head Mike Callahan who had the thankless task yesterday of calling Facebook’s general counsel Ted Ullyot to tell him the Silicon Valley Internet giant was intent on pursuing patent...
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Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement, Which Social Network Calls...
In what is either the boldest gamble of its history or the most boneheaded, Yahoo has filed a massive patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook. The attack by the Silicon Valley Internet icon...
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Here's Dan Loeb's Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo's Alibaba Stake
I got ahold of parts of the fourth-quarter 2011 investor letter that the New York-based Third Point hedge fund — which is prepping a proxy fight with Yahoo — is sending out tomorrow. (The Wall Street...
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Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal -- Half Now, Then...
Yahoo is in the final stages of selling a large chunk of its stake in the Alibaba Group back to the company — in a complex deal that is set to include a multibillion-dollar share buyback to investors...
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Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion...
As AllThingsD reported several days ago they would, Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally reached an agreement for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web...
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Here's the Official Yahoo Filing on Alibaba Deal
I am a bit sleepy and getting ready for our 10th D: All Things Digital conference next week, so you are going to have to read for yourself this short regulatory filing Yahoo just made about its recent...
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Patent Peace: Yahoo and Facebook in Advanced Negotiations to Settle Fractious...
Top execs at Yahoo and Facebook have been hammering out the outlines of a deal over the last several days to end their contentious patent infringement litigation, according to multiple sources close...
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Viral Video: Alibaba Makes a Funny
Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group made a series of Web videos recently, poking fun at odd situations that then turn into buying opportunities on the e-commerce site. The company that once...
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Not All Yahoos Headed Out Door: Mayer Makes Filo a Direct Report and Bell...
While new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has ushered some longtime employees out the door of late — most recently, HR head David Windley last week, with more to come — that does not mean she is not keeping...
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Exclusive: Mayer Set to Get Yahoo's Alibaba Billions in One Week (But Will...
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo will officially close the multi-billion-dollar sale of half its assets in China’s Alibaba Group in one week. Sources said the deal is set to be...
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Here Come the Inevitable Marissa Mayer Magazine Profiles -- As She Preps Her...
New York magazine just published what will doubtlessly be the first of many larger-scale profile pieces on new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (Fortune’s at work on one, too). Titled “Can Marissa Mayer Really...
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