The Tumblr-deal is a gamble, but a good one; combine this with the rising value of Yahoo's Asian assets, and I see a mid-term plus of around 20% for the stock.

Two of Britain’s largest banks outlined plans on Wednesday to increase their capital reserves after local authorities demanded recently that the country’s largest financial institutions raise a combined £25 billion ($38 billion).

Royal Bank of Scotland and the Lloyds Banking Group,

Sony would assess a proposal from Daniel Loeb's Hedgefond and Sony's biggest shareholder, to spin off up to 20% of its movie, TV and music division.

The money from the sale could be used to shore up Sony's ailing device manufacturing unit.

Sony says that the business wasn't for sale,

While many focus on the Software and Sales part of Microsoft, the Xbox "unit" at MSFT not only makes good money but also helps to win the war of the last mile. The last mile is defined as the last bastion of the internet, while desktop and mobile are more or less divided, home entertainment

Many media outlets have covered the  Billion Dollar Aquisiton of Tumblr by Yahoo! this weekend.

Ranging from good to bad to hostile....

Aside from the misunderstanding and predictions of mass creative exodus - Yahoo isn't buying Tumblr to stay relevant or become cool again it wants reach