But the talks to put together a tax-free transaction ended late Monday after several days of negotiations in Hong Kong, according to people briefed on the matter, who were not authorised to speak publicly. Hours after reports about the end of the talks e

Yahoo, whose revenue slid by more than a fifth last year, brought in former PayPal President Scott Thompson as chief executive in January, five months after Carol Bartz was fired. Two people briefed on the situation described the deal as effectively dead

The Wall Street Journal reported that Einhorn complained to investors in a letter last year that tension between Yahoo and China-based partner Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. , in which Yahoo owns a roughly 40% stake, had caused him to liquidate a position in

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own. Talks on Alibaba buying back Yahoo’s stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant seem to have faltered. Valuation, structure and financing appear to be the key roadblocks. Wit

Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba Group over the U.S. Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources briefed on the situation. The snag in negoti

Yahoo!, we have a problem. The Internet company and its freshly minted chief executive, Scott Thompson, face a shareholder mutiny after talks to sell the company’s stake in two Asian partners faltered yesterday. Yahoo!’s negotiating team, surprised by th