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Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) will report earnings after the bell on Tuesday, April 16 with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 pm EST. The company, once seen as heading for irrelevance much like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has seen a resurgence since CEO Marissa Mayer took the reins of the company....

Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp (NYSE: NWSA) cannot decide if they really want to part with the video service they helped popularize. Even so, the two firms appear to be proceeding with another exit strategy. According to Reuters, Hulu's board has approached potential buyers to gauge their...

At first Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) had only one suitor – company founder, Michael Dell who, along with Silver Lake Partners says he plans to take the company private and has offered $13.65 a share. Then, according to The New York Times, Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Francisco Partners, and Insight...

Is Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer trying to re-create the magic of her former employer? Before coming to Yahoo, Mayer was VP of Local, Maps and Location Services at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). She was the 20th person hired at Google and became a prominent figure for the firm, often taking the...

Americans eat out about five times per week on average, according to the LivingSocial “Dining Out” survey reported by United Press International. Furthermore, dining out consumes between 38 percent and 50 percent of the overall food budget, according to The Atlantic magazine. Fortunately, it’...

When Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer sent out a memo to inform employees that they will no longer be allowed to work from home, she likely expected to receive a few complaints. She had no idea it would set off an Internet firestorm. Virtually every mainstream publication has covered the...

On September 8, 2010, Marissa Mayer was still Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Vice President of Search Products and User Experience. She had not yet been promoted to the VP of Local, Maps, and Location Services. She had not yet left Google to become the CEO of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Mayer's future was...

Why Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is taking a seat at the negotiation table for Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) isn’t clear, but according to multiple sources Tuesday, the company is doing just that. The company is in talks with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners to invest $1 to $3 billion in a leveraged...

When Facebook (NYSE: FB) acquired Instagram for $1 billion, many investors wondered if the company had overpaid for the photo-sharing app. Some argued that Facebook had to pay top dollar for the company to prevent its owners from seeking other buyers. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was among the companies...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) will reportedly add Max Levchin, the co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of PayPal, to its board. This begs one simple question: why? It was not that long ago that Yahoo hired a former PayPal exec, Scott Thompson, to lead the company. He came to Yahoo with a stellar...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is rumored to be interested in acquiring The Rubicon Project, an online advertising technology company. Described as a company that helps publishers maximize their ad revenue through real-time trading technology, The Rubicon Project was founded in 2007. It should not be...

While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still in the (unconfirmed) planning stages of its first television, Samsung continues to push ahead with the release of new Smart TVs. Designed to provide users with an interactive version of the traditional television experience, Smart TVs are expected to be an...

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) impressed investors when it reported third-quarter results Monday afternoon, a report that added three percent to the company's shares. Revenues came in at $1.089 billion, mirroring the consensus among analysts, which expected Yahoo to post a gain over its 3Q 2011 results....

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is expected to post a much-needed gain when it reports its third-quarter earnings after the market close on Monday. Current estimates suggest that Yahoo will post earnings of 26 cents per share on revenue of $1.08 billion. This is a modest increase over the company's 3Q 2011...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is expected to publicly announce her plans to turn her firm into a profitable entity this week. While the details of her internal memo (leaked by AllThingsD) did not reveal what she will announce, there is a good chance that it will involve one or more of the...