Where Are Those 40 Thieves When You Need Them?
Yahoo (YHOO) investors aren’t the only ones suffering from the company’s non-deal with Microsoft (MSFT). Shareholders of Alibaba (1688.HK), the Chinese e-commerce firm in which Yahoo holds a 39% stake, are having a rough morning as well. Shares in Alibaba slipped nearly 6% to $15.24 in trading today. Bet Alibaba founder Jack Ma has some [...]
Monday, February 11, 2008
Yahoo CEO to Employees: Thank You for Not Quitting
Jerry Yang’s rallying the troops over at Yahoo again. In an all-hands memo this morning (see below, corrected for capitalization and punctuation), he explained Yahoo’s decision to reject Microsoft’s hostile bid for the company and thanked employees for all they do to “maintain and enhance Yahoo!’s leadership position in the online world.” Presumably, “leadership” in [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Could You Repeat That, Senator? I Was Thinking About My Alibaba Stake
Forty Thieves Pleased With Alibaba.com IPO
It seems investors just can’t get enough of Alibaba. Shares in China’s largest e-commerce company skyrocketed 290% yesterday, its first day trading as a public company.
The company’s stock closed at HK$39.50–155 times next year’s estimated earnings. A jaw-dropping multiple even by the giddy standards of the Hong Kong and Chinese stock markets. Value of Alibaba [...]
Friday, November 2, 2007
Serves Us Right for Using Google Translate …
Yahoo has invested millions of dollars in China over the years. Indeed, it’s a cornerstone investor in Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com, which is slated to go public next week in one of the hottest technology initial public offerings since Google.
It had to run afoul of the language barrier sometime, right? It’s just a shame that [...]
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- Godzilla’s Food, Exercise, and Dream Diary
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183. - Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
- The Golden Age of Video
Best video mashup ever.
- I’m not dead yet
A Facebook Memorial
- Pulp Fiction Audio Mix
Wow.
- A world without the Internet
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
- Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction
Excellent.
- Dead Fly Art
Flughumor!
- Happy Birthday Monty Python …
… you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous perverts
- ‘You are being shagged by a rare parrot’
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine meet the kakapo — a fat, flightless and very randy rare parrot.
