Investments

Joint Bid For Yahoo - MSN+YAHOO+MySpace

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

This just gets better and better by the second: now Microsoft and News Corp are in talks about combining forces to bid for Yahoo, in an unlikely meeting of minds. This would create a behemoth out of MSN, Yahoo and MySpace, and be even more difficult to pass the anti-trust ...

Yahoo - Strategic Investment In Vlingo

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Vlingo, a provider of voice-based mobile services, has raised a $20 million second round led by Yahoo, along with participation from past backers Charles River Ventures and Sigma Partners. Last August, the Cambridge, MA-based start-up raised $6.5 million, for a total raise of $26.5 million. The investment from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) ...