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Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone 5

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just sent an email to all of Yahoo’s full time and part time employees in the US, promising them a new Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC smartphone.

“People are happy,” says a source at the company. more…

Marissa Mayer: I Might Not Return Cash To Shareholders When We Sell Our Alibaba Stake

In a new Yahoo filing, CEO Marissa Mayer reveals that she may not be returning cash to shareholders when Yahoo sells its stake in Alibaba.

In May, when Ross Levinsohn took over as interim CEO, Yahoo announced plans to sell its stake in more…

Google Readies New Local-Ad Assault

Google Inc. GOOG -1.70% has repeatedly tried, and largely failed, to crack the market for local business advertising. As early as next month, the Internet company will try anew, as it trains its largest-ever assault on the roughly $20 billion market.

Google plans to have its newest small-business service—which at one point it was calling Business Builder—up and running as early as July, said a person familiar with the matter. more…

Marissa Mayer Nominated to Walmart Board of Directors

marissa-mayerMarissa Mayer, Google vice president, local and maps, has been nominated to join Walmart’s board of directors. Walmart hopes to tap into her experience with mobile, technology, and consumers. The election will take place June 1 during the annual shareholder meeting.  more…