After its July buyback of shares held by Third Point, Yahoo! Inc has increased its share buyback authorization by USD 5 billion. The company also aims to offer convertible notes worth USD 1 billion.
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Yahoo acquires website turbocharger startup PeerCDN
Multinational Internet corporation Yahoo Inc. has acquired content delivery network startup PeerCDN for an undisclosed sum. PeerCDN technology improves website speeds at lower bandwidth costs.
Yahoo apologizes, Mayer backs claim that Mail service is back
In a note to its users via its Help page, the team at Yahoo Inc said its Mail service is now back for most of the users, and is working to restore its IMAP access to achieve full functionality of the free Web service.
Yahoo poised to incur gains with Alibaba IPO - report
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. could raise around $36 billion should it decide to divest its entire 24% stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Yahoo will be forced to sell much of its stake if and when Alibaba sells its shares in an IPO.
Yahoo almost did not want to buy Ptch - report
A Business Insider report cited multiple sources who provided a background story on why Yahoo Inc was not keen to acquire the company of mobile app Ptch, and why DWI Investments were not happy with the outcome of the deal.
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Chicago-based marketing technology BrightTag secured USD27 million funding from Yahoo! Japan. The Japanese internet company's investment brought BrightTag's fund total its has raised so far to USD50 million.
Yahoo's old domain names might fetch lower prices that current retail prices on the domain names market due to the sale of new domain names with non-traditional extensions (gTLDs) by Donuts and GoDaddy, said VentureBeat.
New York Times technology writer David Pogue's resignation confirmed Yahoo Inc's new consumer site venture.
Yahoo decided to keep more of its stake in Alibaba after the latter would go public. Yahoo amended its planned share sale of its holdings in the Alibaba Group and decided to keep a larger stake of the Chinese e-commerce firm.
Investors welcomed Yahoo's plans to sell fewer shares when Alibaba goes public. News of Yahoo Inc's plans to retain a larger stake than what it had originally announced was welcomed by the company's investors.
A total of USD163 million in cash was placed on eight acquisitions Yahoo Inc made during the third quarter this year, according to its recent earnings report.
Social marketing tech startup Bread was acquired by Yahoo Inc to improve revenue potential of its ad products.
Yahoo Inc. recently unveiled its brand new logo, and CEO Marissa Meyer helped with the design over a summer weekend.
Yahoo acquires Rockmelt Inc. for a deal valued at USD50 million according to sources familiar with the matter.
