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May 21, 2013
9:51 am

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Tumblr Chief Executive David Karp speak during a news conference Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York. Yahoo edged up 31 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $26.83 after the Internet company said it was buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion. (photo credit: AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

If CEO Marissa Mayer wasn’t running the firm, David Karp said he probably wouldn’t have agreed to sell his blogging forum, not even for $1.1 billion

By Michael Liedtke

October 19, 2012
1:46 am

Netanyahu's Google-doodle (photo credit: courtesy of PMO)

Google stock plummets, erasing $20 billion in value

Disappointing earnings and revenue report accidentally released early, cutting 8% of Internet giant’s stock price in one day

By Michael Liedtke