The Good, the Bad and the Time-Consuming: Yahoo Pushes to Settle Alibaba Dispute Before Earnings, But Don't Hold Your Breath

After picking a noisy fight in June with its Chinese partner Alibaba Group, Yahoo has made certain at several public junctures since then to loudly stress that talks to settle the differences are progressing.

But that doesn't mean closure of such a deal, which is what the Silicon Valley Internet giant has been hoping to happen before it announces its second quarter earnings next Tuesday.

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