AOL has announced that AIM, once known as AOL Instant Messenger, will be shut down after two decades in existence. The AIM shutdown won’t happen until December though, so if you’re in the mood for some nostalgia, you can hop […]
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Can Verizon Unlock Yahoo’s ‘Hidden Value’?
Can Verizon Unlock Yahoo’s ‘Hidden Value’? Yahoo, the online pioneer that defined how people searched the web, read digital content and sent email, is being sold to Verizon for $4.8 billion in cash, closing a chapter on one of Silicon […]
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Yahoo Joins AOL On Verizon’s List Of Internet Antiquities
Yahoo Joins AOL On Verizon’s List Of Internet Antiquities by Adam Putz, PitchBook At last, the other suitors have left the party and Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) have entered into an agreement under which Verizon will […]
“Spam King” Sentenced To 30 Months For Facebook Spam
Sanford Wallace has been using spam to harass people on the early days of Internet. He could have bothered you at and any time over 20 odd years as he’s possibly been sending spam before you started using the Internet. […]
Why Your Business Really Is Only As Valuable As Your Customers
Why Your Business Really Is Only As Valuable As Your Customers by Knowledge@Wharton Many businesses will say that their customers are their most valuable assets, but few understand how true that is — or how accurately a measurement of customer-based value can price […]
Global Return Asset Management 2015 Letter: Verizon & Spectrum Analysis
Global Return Asset Management annual letter for the year ended December 31, 2015, titled, “2015 Full Year Results.” Dear Friends, For the full year 2015, after fees and expenses, we generated a 1.56% return while maintaining, on average, 25.31% of […]
Don’t Spin Off Alibaba Stake, Sell Your Core Biz: Starboard To Yahoo
Activist investment firm Starboard Value has asked online media company Yahoo to halt the plan to offload its stake in Alibaba. Starboard suggested that the Marissa Mayer-led company should sell its core business instead of spinning off the Alibaba stake. […]
AOL To Acquire Millennial Media For $250 Million
AOL, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications announced its agreement to acquire Millennial Media for $1.75 per share or nearly $250 million. The acquisition price represents a 31% premium to its closing price of $1.34 per share on Wednesday. Millennium Media […]
Longform Podcast #152: Carol Loomis
Longform Podcast #152: Carol Loomis by Longform H/T Abnormal Returns Carol Loomis retired last summer after 60 years at Fortune. She continues to edit Warren Buffett’s annual report. “Writing itself makes you realize where there are holes in things. […]
Twitter Inc Plunges Post-Earnings But Earns PT Increase
Twitter earnings are getting to be a broken record as the micro-blogging platform again disappointed on user growth in last night’s report. Today Twitter shares declined as much as 13.29% to $31.70 per share in the wake of that report. […]