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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing … Continue reading →

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Yahoo may rethink use of cash from Alibaba deal

Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc startled investors by announcing that new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer may reconsider what it does with the cash it gets from a multi-billion dollar sale of half…

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Why Yahoo Stock Could Double

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

Hough: It’s no Google or Facebook, but Yahoo may be too cheap to ignore.

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Mayer gets $70 million pay package to lead Yahoo

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

(Reuters) – New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s compensation package could total more than $ 70 million in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday.

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Yahoo profit dips slightly, Mayer absent from call

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s new chief executive, Marissa Mayer, and Ross Levinsohn, the executive whom she replaced, both sat out the company’s second quarter earnings call Tuesday.

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Yahoo turns to Google’s Mayer for revival

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc picked Google Inc’s Marissa Mayer to become its new CEO, turning to an engineer with established Silicon Valley credentials to turn around the struggling former Internet powerhouse.

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Yahoo turns to Google’s Mayer for revival

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc picked Google Inc’s Marissa Mayer to become its new CEO, turning to an engineer with established Silicon Valley credentials to turn around the struggling…

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Yahoo CEO search down to Levinsohn, Hulu’s Kilar

Posted on July 6, 2012 by admin

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The race to become Yahoo Inc’s next chief executive appears to have come down to two candidates: current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.

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Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion

Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $ 7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to…

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Yahoo chief executive resigns, company adds new board members

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson resigned Sunday, amid ongoing questions about his academic credentials. His decision follows more than a week of controversy that leaves Yahoo with a new interim chief executive, three new board members from Yahoo’s largest outside … Continue reading →

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