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AT&T Seeks to Top Verizon's Bid for Yahoo
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AT&T Seeks to Top Verizon's Bid for Yahoo

No committed financing was required for second-round bids, and Yahoo will assemble in the coming days a new shortlist of bidders from which it will solicit binding offers.
Reuters | 3 min read
Yahoo Looking to Sell About 3,000 Patents That Could Be Worth More Than $1 Billion
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Yahoo Looking to Sell About 3,000 Patents That Could Be Worth More Than $1 Billion

The company has sent letters to a number of potential buyers for the patents, which date back to when the company was founded in 1996 and also include its original search technology.
Reuters | 1 min read
Verizon to Submit $3 Billion Bid for Yahoo's Internet Business
Verizon

Verizon to Submit $3 Billion Bid for Yahoo's Internet Business

Yahoo is expected to hold at least one more round of bidding, and the offers could change by the final round, the paper reported.
Reuters | 1 min read
Twitter Met With Yahoo to Discuss Merger
Mergers and Acquisitions

Twitter Met With Yahoo to Discuss Merger

A news report, citing sources close to the talks, said execs at the two firms had met several weeks ago and had spent several hours looking at whether a strategic combination might make sense.
Matt Clinch | 2 min read
Yahoo Bids May Be Coming in Way Lower Than Expected
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Yahoo Bids May Be Coming in Way Lower Than Expected

Bidders include frontrunner Verizon, inventor Dan Gilbert (backed by Warren Buffett), TPG, and a consortium that includes Bain Capital and former Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn.
Rob Price | 2 min read
Buffett's Berkshire Invested $1 Billion in Apple
Warren Buffett

Buffett's Berkshire Invested $1 Billion in Apple

He also offered to help finance a deal to acquire Yahoo.
Reuters | 2 min read
Yahoo Has Lost a Huge Deal That Brought in $100 Million a Year
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Yahoo Has Lost a Huge Deal That Brought in $100 Million a Year

The deal had been in place for 15 years.
Tom Huddleston, Jr. | 1 min read
Imagine These 7 Entrepreneurs as 'Game of Thrones' Characters
Game of Thrones

Imagine These 7 Entrepreneurs as 'Game of Thrones' Characters

Following the kick off for Season 6, we're taking a look at the following entrepreneurs cast as your favorite 'Game of Thrones' characters.
Carolyn Sun | 5 min read
The Slow, Sad Death of Yahoo
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The Slow, Sad Death of Yahoo

Look back at over two decades of turmoil at a company that once sat atop the World Wed Web, and weep.
John C. Dvorak | 3 min read
Verizon a Favorite in Upcoming Yahoo Bid
Verizon

Verizon a Favorite in Upcoming Yahoo Bid

Verizon's been interested in Yahoo since December.
Reuters | 4 min read
Verizon Readies Bid for Yahoo's Web Business, While Google Also Looking for a Piece
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Verizon Readies Bid for Yahoo's Web Business, While Google Also Looking for a Piece

Yahoo launched an auction of its core business in February after it shelved plans to spin off its stake in Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba.
Reuters | 2 min read
Report: Yahoo Sets April 11 Deadline for Preliminary Bids
Deadlines

Report: Yahoo Sets April 11 Deadline for Preliminary Bids

Bidders were asked details about financing, conditions or approvals the company would need to meet, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Reuters | 2 min read
Microsoft Potentially Backing Bids From Yahoo's Would-Be Buyers
Microsoft

Microsoft Potentially Backing Bids From Yahoo's Would-Be Buyers

Yahoo launched an auction of its core business in February.
Reuters | 2 min read
Activist Hedge Fund Starboard Launches Proxy Fight to Remove Yahoo Board
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Activist Hedge Fund Starboard Launches Proxy Fight to Remove Yahoo Board

Starboard, which owns an estimated 1.7 percent of Yahoo, said it would nominate nine candidates as possible replacements.
Reuters | 2 min read
Leaders Like Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer Do Not Deserve the Fortunes They Make While Their Companies Crash and Burn
Leadership

Leaders Like Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer Do Not Deserve the Fortunes They Make While Their Companies Crash and Burn

Here are three ways to spot completely ineffective -- and way overpaid -- CEOs.
Jeff Boss | 5 min read