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Mine! Mine! All Mine! Yahoo Says It Might Just Keep Those Alibaba Billions,...
Yahoo just filed a regulatory document noting that it might not give back the bulk of the $4 billion-plus that it is expecting to get from its sale of a chunk of its Alibaba stake to shareholders, as...
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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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As Yahoo Readies Doling Out Alibaba Billions to Shareholders, Mayer Memo Says...
Yahoo could announce in the coming week what it plans to do with the billions of dollars it recently garnered after closing the sale of a portion of its stake in China’s Alibaba, according to sources...
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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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With Low Expectations for Q3, Wall Street Hoping for New Yahoo CEO Mayer to...
Later today, new Yahoo CEO and latest savior Marissa Mayer is expected to debut in her first major turn as a public company CEO, as the company reports its third-quarter earnings. Unfortunately, her...
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Will the "Marissa Mayer Premium" -- or Is It Those Hedge Fund Dudes Piling in...
They like her, they really like her. Wall Street, that is, in regards to new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, assigning the former Google exec a clear premium. And whether it is deserved or not yet from a...
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Can the Hedge Fund Dudes Save Groupon's Stock?
Here’s something you haven’t seen in a while — Groupon shares rose more than 36 percent last week after Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management disclosed Monday that it had bought 65 million shares....
View ArticleYahoo Exec Reses Joins Alibaba Board
Alibaba Group said that top Yahoo exec Jackie Reses had joined its board of directors, taking over a slot most recently held by the company’s former CFO Tim Morse and also previously held by Yahoo...
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Former Yahoo Exec Blake Irving Named CEO of Domain Giant Go Daddy
Go Daddy, the world’s biggest Web hosting and domain registration company, has hired former Yahoo Chief Product Officer and Microsoft exec Blake Irving to be its new CEO. The privately-held...
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The LeWeb Conference Sold to Reed Midem
Reed Midem, an international trade show organizer, has bought a majority stake in the well-known European Internet conference, LeWeb. The event, which now has two annual gatherings, recently attracted...
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Despite Latest Alibaba IPO Rumors, Yahoo Deal Creates Incentive to Offering...
It seems like a month does not pass without another rumor about when Chinese Internet powerhouse Alibaba Group will have its much-anticipated IPO. Today, in the latest loosely-sourced report, a...
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Yahoo Director Loeb Takes Another Smack at Former Chairman Bostock (This Time...
It seems time wounds all heels. But would you expect any different from the pugnacious hedge fund investor Dan Loeb, who is apparently back to attacking former Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock? This time,...
View ArticleGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt to Sell Up to 42 Percent of Stake
Eric Schmidt, former CEO and now Chairman of Google, plans to sell up to 3.2 million shares of his class A common stock in the company, according to an SEC filing published Friday. The amount is equal...
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The Science of Investing: Hearst's New Venture Arm in $30 Million Funding...
Hearst Ventures, the investment arm of media giant Hearst Corporation, said it was making a minority equity investment in Science, the Los Angeles area tech “studio.” Privately held Hearst is the sole...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Gets a Million-Dollar Bonus After Six Months on the Job
According to a regulatory filing by Yahoo, its CEO Marissa Mayer got a $1.12 million bonus, as part of a compensation package she got when she came to the Silicon Valley Internet giant. It was based...
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Computer Security Legend Mudge Leaves DARPA for Google Job
Peter Zatko, the computer hacking expert better known by the handle Mudge, says he’s leaving his job as a program manager at DARPA to join Google. He announced the change overnight on Twitter. Zatko...
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Meh Is the New Up: Yahoo Meets Lackluster Q2 Expectations and Lowers Guidance
Yahoo reported unimpressive second-quarter earnings that were in line with the low expectations of investors. For the quarter, Yahoo said it earned 30 cents a share, on a GAAP basis, compared to 27...
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Exclusive: Flipboard Raises $50 Million More on $800 Million Valuation
According to sources close to the situation, Flipboard has raised $50 million in new funding, in a round led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs. The new funding puts the valuation of the...
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In a Big Mobile Move, Pivotal Buys Xtreme Labs for $65 Million in Cash
In a bid to up its mobile development expertise, the Web-focused software company Pivotal has made its first acquisition: Xtreme Labs. San Mateo, Calif.-based Pivotal, which started its life as a...
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Earnings and Revenue Down -- Yahoo Delivers on Expected Lackluster Third Quarter
Yahoo met weak financial expectations, turning in what can only be described as lackluster performance in its third-quarter earnings report today. The Silicon Valley Internet giant said it earned 34...
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Alibaba Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving to Yahoo -- Once Again
If you have to turn in a weak report to Wall Street investors, it’s nice to have a pretty little gift to deliver to investors to pull out of your back pocket to assuage the expected disappointment....
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MarissaTV, the Yahoo Q3 News -- If It Bleeds, It Definitely Does Not Lead
Time to hear Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer explain its third-quarter performance, which was, well, not very good. Down revenue, down profits — decidedly unimpressive. But Mayer is decidedly not, especially...
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Mark Cuban Unplugged (As Usual) About Victory in SEC Insider Trading Case
Asa MathatAfter a federal jury — deliberating only a little more than three hours — handed billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban a verdict in his favor in an insider-trading case brought by the...
View ArticleFrom Chance Encounter, Path to Twitter Riches
The largest stake in Twitter Inc. first came together seven years ago at a posh Caribbean resort. On Necker Island, a retreat owned by billionaire Richard Branson, Suhail R. Rizvi, a little-known but...
View ArticleBlackBerry Co-Founder Cuts Stake to Under Five Percent
TORONTO — BlackBerry Ltd. co-founder Michael Lazaridis disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday he cut his combined stake with another company co-founder in the smartphone maker to just under five...
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