Alibaba Looking To Be Chinese Netflix, Yahoo Stays Afloat With Alibaba Stock


Alibaba wants to be the next Netflix. The Chinese internet conglomerate pretty much makes up every major U.S. internet phenomena in a single source. $YHOO: [video] Yahoo! to Retain Larger-than...

Ad Execs Tell What Marissa Mayer Must Do To Get Their Ad Dollars


Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer needs to up her game on Madison Avenue—bolstering the portal’s reputation among advertisers. Yahoo arguably has the component parts of a digital-media platform that’s very...

A Little More Context On That Fired Yahoo Exec’s Massive Golden Parachute


As crazy as it sounds, severance packages worth more than $100 million — like the one Yahoo gave fired COO Henrique De Castro this week — occur with some regularity in corporate America, and have...
    






Yahoo CEO lets go top lieutenant in surprise move


Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer parts way with top operations exec just 15 months after hiring SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is cutting loose her top lieutenant in a possible...
    






Markets: ‘First Five Days Of January Were Down–Does It Matter?’ (And Other Quotes Of The Week)


With the media focused last week on the “polar vortex” extreme cold, Chris Christie’s “BridgeGate,” the jobs report shock, Fed minutes, Robert Gates’ revelations, the BCS championship game, NFL...
    






10 Takeaways From CES: iPhone Stun Guns, Iris Scanners, A Camera-Shy Movie Director And Crazy Party-Crashing CEO


With more than 20,000 new products expected and 300 presentations delivered at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, putting together a definitive list of noteworthy products, trends...
    






Yahoo Purchases Predictive Computing Pioneers Aviate And Their Android Launcher


Taking to the floor at CES today Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced the acquisition of Aviate. While many people will be wondering why Yahoo is buying the company behind an Android app launcher, the ...
    






Yahoo mines recent acquisitions to boost revenue


Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's turnaround plan taps into recent acquisitions of technology, talent SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is leaning more heavily on its recent acquisitions of technology...