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...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...It also received backing from a host of high-profile tech founders including Brian Chesky of Airbnb and Mark Pincus of gaming group Zynga, and celebrities such as actors Stephen Fry and Ashton Kutcher....
...Job moves Paul Singer’s hedge fund Elliott has recruited Paul Best, a Warburg Pincus managing director, as it looks to expand into European private equity, the WSJ reports....
...Warburg Pincus and United Internet teamed up to bid on Host Europe Group, the web hosting firm, but lost out in the bidding process to strategic buyer GoDaddy....
...Yahoo notably abandoned its Alibaba spin over tax liability concerns. In 2015, there were $177bn worth of US spin-offs, up from just $17bn in 2010....
...Yahoo cuts slices in cake sale Yahoo is trying to have its cake and eat it, announcing another overhaul along with a thinly veiled invitation to potential acquirers, says Lex....
...Yahoo’s motley collection of websites and applications including search, Yahoo Mail and digital magazines....
...He says Yahoo has failed to match such deals and has become an afterthought for its shareholders....
...- Ackman v. Berkshire: Whose holdings are more immoral? - Meet the City types publicly backing a UK departure from the EU....
...The difference between the companies goes much deeper than poker v matching candies. They also have different share structures — which leads to very different outcomes when going gets rough....
...Marissa Mayer, Yahoo chief executive, pointed out that since the Paris attacks, public opinion had swung back towards a desire for security and away from privacy concerns....
...economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock of, or other securities or ownership interests in, the Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)...
...Awkward (Financial Times) Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle (Financial Times) Sleaze v spin in Mexico’s race for reform (Financial Times) The SEC is turning into...
...First US Vogue comes under fire (as does its subject) for photographing Yahoo chieftain Marissa Mayer (left) reclining glamorously in full fashion regalia on a chaise, and now UK Vogue is being castigated...
...the venture capital arm of Hong Kong telecoms billionaire Li Ka-shing, and other well-known tech and media names including actors Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry, Spotify’s Shakil Khan and Zynga’s Mark Pincus...
...In recent months alone it has wagered billions on targets as varied as the Greek government, Yahoo and Sony, often affecting change and profit through shrewd, publicity-seeking letter-writing campaigns....
...), Hollywood agent Mike Ovitz, Zynga’s Mark Pincus, and Twitter’s Dick Costolo....
...Partners' Laurie Erlam, he was introduced to tech stars such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Apple's Sir Jonathan Ive, and landed funding from Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, artist Yoko Ono, Zynga’s Mark Pincus...
...Take-Two finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto V last week – September 17 – but this was a quarter later than expected....
...The remaining shares were bought by Centerbridge Partners, KKR and Warburg Pincus for a total of $1bn.”...
...In contrast, Yahoo shares rose 0.4 per cent to $17.89 on the news that Greenlight Capital and Third Point added the stock to their portfolios....
...Also, founders like Andrew Mason at Groupon and Mark Pincus at Zynga have already, in their own ways, attracted controversy – Mr Mason for his overly bullish touting of his company’s IPO and Mr Pincus for...
...Yahoo slipped 0.8 per cent to $15.56 despite reporting results in line with expectations....
...Yahoo nabbed y.co.uk and Virgin has v.co.uk. BP will get bp.co.uk, the Football Association fa.co.uk, British Airways ba.co.uk, Burger King bk.co.uk, and Yo! Sushi yo.co.uk....
...Also, it has more in common with Facebook than the usual “search algorithm v social network” contrast suggests....
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