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Yahoo! shuts down GeoCities
Yahoo! on Monday closed GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that it purchased for over three billion dollars at the height of the dot-com boom.
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Icahn resigns from Yahoo's board on friendly terms
(AP) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn has decided his work is done at Yahoo Inc. after muscling his way on to the slumping Internet company's board nearly 15 months ago.
Oct 24, 2009 |
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Yahoo director to step down at end of year
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Earning preview: Microsoft looms over Yahoo 2Q
(AP) -- Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. is scheduled to report its second-quarter results after the stock market closes Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal
Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc.
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Yahoo CEO promises shareholders to get 'mojo back'
(AP) -- Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz echoed the turnaround promises of her predecessors as she presided over the first shareholder meeting since her hiring, yet she left little doubt the slumping Internet company's ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Yahoo's Yang gets $1 in rocky final year as CEO
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang's 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Departure of chip-design legend Bob Pease prompts outpouring in Silicon Valley
Bob Pease is a genuine Silicon Valley rock star who I never would have heard of had he not lost his job, or left his job. It's not entirely clear which.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks
Microsoft and Yahoo! have held "early discussions" about possible Internet search and advertising partnerships, a leading Silicon Valley technology website reported on Friday.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Ballmer reiterates interest in Yahoo talks
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is still signaling an interest in a deal to buy part of Yahoo Inc.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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A year after Microsoft buyout offer made, Yahoo struggles to define itself
Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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