Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion
 SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion, ending years of fractious talks over how to extract value from its most prized asset. Yahoo also increased its stock buyback authorization by $5 billion to $5.5 billion as a result of the deal but said it might instead opt to distribute some of the proceeds through a dividend. The sale, announced on Monday, gives Yahoo $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million of new Alibaba preferred stock. After taxes, Yahoo will clear $4.2 billion. ...
Port Authority to debut avatar at NY-area airports
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Manage Your Facebook Page From this New App
Facebook unveiled its new app on Monday that lets you manage your Facebook profile from your iPhone.
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