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Yahoo's Yang to step down; search on for CEO

Gwalior :: India | about 12 hours ago

Posted by city786

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 percent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft. Yang -- who will...

Britney Spears and wrestling trounce Obama in Yahoo search rankings

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 15 hours ago

President-elect Barack Obama has had an incredible year. However, according to Yahoo’s 2008 search rankings , Obama’s history-making presidential bid still didn’t attract as much attention among web browsers as pop star Britney Spears and World Wrestling...

Exec denies report of Yahoo-Microsoft talks

London :: United Kingdom | about 21 hours ago

An article that appeared Sunday in the Times of London stating that Microsoft has restarted talks to buy Yahoo's search business for $20 billion "has no basis in fact," according to an executive familiar with the matter. More Business The newspaper...

TechRadar UK: Virgin Mobile sign Yahoo search deal

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago

Although it has yet to be seen just how Virgin rolls the deal out across its existing customers, Yahoo will now be the official search partner to the company. Yahoo has sunk a lot of money into its mobile search, trying to cut to the heart of what mobile...

Microsoft, Yahoo reportedly talk about search deal

London :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago

That team apparently would be headed by former AOL chief Jonathan Miller and former Fox Interactive Media head Ross Levinsohn, the London paper reported. Microsoft would provide a $5 billion facility to the management team and get more than a 30 percent...

Yahoo! Sports: Devil Ball: FedEx will deliver

Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | 2 days ago

You mean we gotta play all four FedEx tourneys now?' Why are these men so glum? Probably because the PGA just tweaked the FedEx Cup points system yet again to promote still more competition in the Tour Championship. In previous years, Tiger Woods and...

Investor Icahn sparks rally for Yahoo stocks

Sunnyvale :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago

Shares climbed nearly 9 percent in the shortened trading session after Icahn, a Yahoo board member who has been pushing a strategy shift or a sale to Microsoft, said he had bought about 6.8 million Yahoo shares. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing...

Scoop, New Zealand: Yahoo!Xtra Announces Top Trends in Kiwi Web Search

Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago

November 28 2008 – Today Yahoo!Xtra announced the top trends in web searches conducted by New Zealanders on Yahoo!Xtra. In the second half of 2008 several news stories spurred New Zealanders to search the web for more information. As Kevin Bowler, CEO...

Yahoo shares surge after Icahn increases stake

New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago

Shares of Yahoo surged on Friday, after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed that he has increased his stake in the Internet company. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Icahn bought roughly 6.8 million Yahoo...

The Register, UK: Icahn! goes! double! or! quits! on! Yahoo!

London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago

Troublemaking investor Carl Icahn has doubled his stake in Yahoo! despite sitting on a billion dollar loss from his first stake in the firm...He tried, and failed, to get the board to accept a $33 a share offer from Microsoft...Founder Jerry Yang is taking...

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