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IRS Decision Could Overshadow Yahoo's Q2 Results
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 1:12pm | 586Investors might be too distracted to care how Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) performed during the second quarter. "It's always tough to get a good read on Yahoo because there's so many changes," B. Riley & Co. analyst Sameet Sinha told Benzinga. "Ultimately it comes down...
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Yahoo Beats Wall Street Earnings Estimates; Stock Down (YHOO)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 10:10pm | 334Online media company Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) released its quarterly financial results after the closing bell on Tuesday. The company reported earnings per share that were well ahead of Wall Street estimates, but revenue came in slightly light of expectations. In late trading, the stock was last...
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To Succeed With Tumblr, Yahoo Has to Reverse a History of Questionable Acquisitions
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 1:53pm | 280With the blessing of its board on Sunday, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr, the trendy social network most popular among teens, at a favorable valuation of $1.1 billion. This means Marissa Meyer and company shelled out about a quarter of the company's cash on the chance that they can...
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British Tech Whiz Kid Nick D'Aloisio Cashes In; Nets $30 Million in Summly Sale
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 3:24pm | 409British teen Nick D'Aloisio made his first fortune at the age of 17 this week after selling a mobile application to Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) for $30 million. Summly, an app which makes it easier to read news on small screens, was founded in 2011. The company was originally known as Trimit. The...