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5/25/2012, 11:45 AM ET
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  • Thursday 11:03 AM Chinese sovereign wealth fund CIC is in "advanced talks" to buy up to a $2B stake in Alibaba (ALBCF.PK), Reuters reports. The e-commerce giant would use the funds to help buy back half of Yahoo's (YHOO) 40% stake in the company for $7.1B, per the terms of Sunday's deal. Alibaba, valued at $35B in the Yahoo deal and eying an IPO, posted 2011 revenue of $2.8B, nearly 2/3 of which came from its Taobao auction site.
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  • Wednesday 10:20 PM Yahoo (YHOO) provides an original approach to search and browsing with Axis, a new product that displays results as web page images instead of mere text, and automatically fetches results for related queries. Axis could prove popular on mobile devices, where users place a premium on accessing content quickly, and with as few screen taps as possible. And Yahoo definitely needs a mobile search hit right now.
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  • Wednesday 12:03 PM Though Ross Levinsohn is still officially Yahoo's (YHOO) "interim CEO," he has been instructed to run the company as if he's the permanent CEO, sources tell BI. This isn't too surprising, given chairman Fred Amoroso reportedly wants Levinsohn to stay on, and Yahoo's board hasn't yet formed a CEO search committee (and they seem to love forming committees). Also, Dan Loeb appears to be a Levinsohn fan. (previous)
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  • Wednesday 9:45 AM Microsoft (MSFT) and WPP (WPPGY) agree a 3-year deal that will allow them to place and sell online ads for the brands and Internet publishers they work. The aim is to better match the supply and demand of ad inventory, with Microsoft partners AOL and Yahoo (YHOO) also set to benefit, especially in gaining access to premium ads.
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  • Monday 7:50 PM A former Yahoo (YHOO) executive and a former fund manager at Ameriprise Financial have pleaded guilty today to insider trading. Robert Kwok, formerly Yahoo's senior director of business management, and Reema Shah, formerly a mutual fund manager at Ameriprise Financial, agreed to settle civil charges with the SEC, in addition to guilty pleas on related criminal charges for which they will be sentenced later.
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  • Monday 7:02 PM According to AOL (AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong, the company plans to continue to partner with Yahoo (YHOO), but says a merger between the two is unlikely. It's a rumor that has been discussed multiple time over the years, but Armstrong wants to maintain the option to tout the abilities of both companies individually.
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  • Monday 12:26 PM BGC upgrades Yahoo (YHOO +0.8%) to Buy after it finally concludes (I, II) its share-repurchase deal with Alibaba (ALBCF.PK). In addition to the deal, BGC is upbeat about Yahoo's new board, which includes Dan Loeb and 2 other Third Point nominees, arguing it will speed up decision-making, increase Yahoo's media focus, and reduce the likelihood of dilutive acquisitions and questionable product forays.
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Yahoo! Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“Yahoo!,” the “Company,” “we,” or “us”), attracts hundreds of millions of users every month through its innovative technology and engaging content and services, making it one of the most trafficked Internet destinations and a world class... More