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These are the words I imagine I'd say if I became the CEO – that is, a Cocky Executive Officer – of a major corporation. As the CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), for example, I wouldn't have to think before I spoke. I could say whatever's on my mind, violate my non-disparagement clause, and still walk...

Turns out a bunch of bankers made the whole thing up. Surprising, isn't it? And here I thought that bankers were just as honest as car salesmen. Sarcasm aside, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher reports that that AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) are not talking about a merger “any more than I am...

NOT from the people that brought you AOL Time Warner. But it might as well be: AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) could be joining together as one in an effort to…do what, exactly? TechCrunch has the scoop. Apparently, AOL is ran by a bunch of, well, yahoos, as the company has decided to...

Botched outsourcing, Ponzi scheme accusations, and bad corporate hires are just some of the reasons for Yahoo!'s downfall. On a day when both of Carol Bartz and Tim Morse are being referred to as “clueless,” it's interesting (if not a little fun) to look back on the rise and fall of Yahoo! (NASDAQ...

Is Carol Bartz the only one who should have been fired? Far from it, says Trip Chowdhry, Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research. “Both Carol and Tim [Morse] should have been fired together as they both have damaged YHOO's business and repairing it will be extremely...

Charge more for content, that's for sure. If the Wall Street Journal's sources are correct, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and DirecTV (NASDQ: DTV) are about to engage in a bidding war to win control of Hulu. Hulu, which more than doubled its revenue last year...

But isn't that chump change compared to what Hulu is or will be worth? The Wall Street Journal (via Business Insider) reports that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is still aggressively seeking ownership of Hulu. With a price tag ranging from a paltry $500 million to a questionably low $2 billion, Google...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "Yahoo is a diversified play on Online advertising, with leading display share and #2 search share and we believe the company is...

Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...

Benchmark is out with its report today on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Benchmark writes, "Yahoo's weak performance in search appears like it is being exacerbated by a sequential slowing in industry growth, and quality initiatives at Bing. Facebook and other...

Yesterday, mobile startup SnapGuide closed a funding round totaling more than $2 million. Index Ventures led the round, with participation from Atlas Ventures. Dave Morin, Gary Clayton and SV Angel and other angels also participated. SnapGuide was founded by Daniel Raffel and Steve Krulewitz....

According to a recent report, after Q1 2011 reports, Indigo Equity Research believes that the management at Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) does not have a good grip on the business. In YHOO's Q1 2011 results, revenues fell 24% and EPS was reported flat. In the report, Indigo Equity Research said, "A lack...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "While the loss of Alipay is a negative with much of the upside potential of the stock tied to Alibaba Group upside, we think this...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "The bottom line is that we continue to believe that shares of YHOO will appreciate as the company returns to overall top-line growth in the back half of 2011....

Jefferies is out with its report today on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "ST, YHOO should remain volatile, on news flow around the Asian assets. LT, traction in Display, stabilization of Search and resolution of the Asian issues should drive the...