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Yahoo Shows Positive Signs With Q1 Earnings, Stock Up

Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer’s plan to restart revenue growth at her stagnant Internet giant took what some observers see as a step forward in Q1, with the company posting its first quarter of display-ad revenue growth since 2012. The 2% display-ad growth vs. the year-earlier quarter comes after “many years of decline, an early indication that CEO’s strategy may be working,” wrote Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Youssef Squali in a research note. He

Yahoo Posts Slim Q1 Beat, Alibaba Sales Growth Uptick

Yahoo late Tuesday reported its first Q1 growth in a key sales metric in years as well as bigger sales growth at Alibaba, sending Yahoo shares higher after-hours. Yahoo (YHOO) said Q4 sales at Alibaba rose 66% year over year, beating the two previous quarters and reversing two straight quarters of declining growth. Yahoo holds a 24% stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant and reports its results one quarter in arrears. Alibaba is expected to soon

Yahoo Q1 Earnings Seen Slipping On Flat Sales

Analysts expect Yahoo (YHOO) to report a 3% year-over-year decline in Q1 EPS on flat sales, as analysts mull whether CEO Marissa Mayer can restart growth at the lumbering Internet giant. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney remains a believer. “Recent history suggest that Internet turnarounds are multiyear processes built on improved products and execution,” Mahaney wrote in a research note Friday. He rates the stock outperform, or buy. Yahoo