Yahoo agrees to sell back half of Alibaba stake in $7B deal

Yahoo and Alibaba have finally hashed out terms that will see Yahoo sell back half of its stake in the Chinese e-commerce site in a $7 billion deal, according to an AllThingsD report.

Yahoo will sell half of its 40 …

Scott Thompson’s short stint at Yahoo earned him a mere $7M

Although Scott Thompson joins the jobless after recently resigning from his CEO position at Yahoo, don’t look for him on any unemployment lines. Yahoo stated in a filing today Thompson would be receiving nearly $7 million in make-good cash from …

Ex-Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson told board he had cancer

Scott Thompson, who resigned this weekend as chief executive of Yahoo, reportedly disclosed to the company’s board of directors and several colleagues last week that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

The news was reported this evening by the …

New CEO Ross Levinsohn, in message to Yahoos, says “focus on the momentum”

After an aggressive reign that ended in a sordid résumé scandal, Scott Thompson, just four months into his job as CEO, is out at Yahoo. Intermin CEO Ross Levinsohn, appointed to the position Sunday, is already in communication with Yahoos …

Thompson needs to go as Yahoo’s CEO

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s latest explanations don’t cut it. He needs to go.

According to Business Insider, he told Yahoo employees that the errors on his bios were not his fault — he didn’t submit a resume to Yahoo, some …

Casualty #1: Yahoo director Patti Hart steps down after CEO apologizes (updated)

Updated 4:15pm with statements from Patti Hart and International Game Technology chairman Philip Satre.

The first one bites the dust. Yahoo director Patti Hart will not seek reelection at the board’s annual meeting. The company has been on shaky grounds …

Why Scott Thompson’s “inadvertent error” is a big deal

Some people interpreted my piece calling out Silicon Valley’s snobbishness about computer science degrees as a defense of embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson. It’s not.

Thompson’s mistake is a big issue. It reflects his own ethical lapses as well as …

Yahoo’s Scott Thompson keeping mum about bio to top staffers

It seems that Yahoo’s new chief executive Scott Thompson is staying quiet about his falsified biography situation to top executives at the company — a move that could paint him as guilty.

Last week, Thompson was outed by an activist …

Yahoo’s new commander in chief gives details on the company’s restructuring

Yahoo is in for some big changes and a huge shakeup in leadership, according to a memo issued today by Scott Thompson, the company’s still-new CEO.

Thompson (pictured) came to Yahoo from PayPal just a few months ago. The long-awaited …

Activist shareholder Third Point launches website to chronicle Yahoo’s long, sad decline

Tech giant Yahoo has struggled to find its way over the last five years, rotating through four CEOs and a series of layoffs. Now, activist shareholder Third Point, which is agitating to add four handpicked members to Yahoo’s board, has …