Mashable
Yahoo Shutters Flipboard Competitor After Just 6 Months
Yahoo has decided to discontinue production of Yahoo Livestand, a newsreading app for the iPad launched just six months ago. The news was announ…
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physorg
Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads
Yahoo! shuttered its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads on Friday in what it said was the start of a product purge intended to make the floundering Internet pioneer more nimble.
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Daily Telegraph
Yahoo! ditches fledgling iPad newsstand
YAHOO! shuttered its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads yesterday in what it said was the start of a product purge intended to make the floundering internet pioneer more nimble.
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AP
Yahoo kills 'Livestand' just 6 months after debut
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months its debut on the iPad....
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Les Echos
Yahoo! abandonne son kiosque numérique pour tablettes
Le groupe internet américain Yahoo! a annoncé vendredi qu'il abandonnait son kiosque numérique baptisé « Livestand », destiné à faire des tablettes informatiques un nouveau support de lecture d'informations personnalisées, six mois après le lancement.
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AllThingsDigital
Yahoo Folds Up Livestand, Its Would-Be Flipboard Killer
Yahoo has pulled the plug on Livestand, its iPad/tablet news app. Yahoo rolled out the app last fall, and positioned it as competitor to apps like Flipboard and Zite. But the app never got any traction, and has been on the chopping block for much of 2012.
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FT
China’s CIC seeks stake in Alibaba
The sovereign wealth fund and private equity firms look to invest in the ecommerce group as it seeks to raise funds to buy back shares from Yahoo
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politico
Disclosure of the day, Wall St. edition
From the inimitable Henry Blodget, edtior and CEO of Business Insider:
DISCLOSURE: The New York Stock Exchange is a frequent sponsor of Business Insider, and we're thrilled about that. The NYSE has also graciously allowed us to host huge, opulent parties on the floor of the stock exchange, which we're also thrilled about. On the other hand, I've hosted a finance show for Yahoo for the last fo...
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Le Point
Le fonds souverain chinois aiderait Alibaba à racheter les parts de Yahoo!
Le fonds souverain chinois Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC) pourrait...
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siliconindia
Yahoo Plug-In Brings New Visual Delight
Yahoo has entered the browser wars with the release of an iPad and iPhone app and a desktop plug-in that spruces up your current browser, Daily Mail reported Thursday.
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TechCrunch
Yahoo Courts Second Screen App Developers With New Tools To Connect Phones And TV
Launched in 2009, Yahoo's Connected TV was one of the first platforms to introduce an open app development kit (ADK) for Internet-capable TVs. Now it's making those apps even more powerful, by allowing developers to build apps that integrate TV and mobile capabilities.
At a meeting with developers Thursday evening, the Yahoo Connected TV team is rolling out the newest version of its ADK, in ad...
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Slashdot
Yahoo Includes Private Key In Source File For Axis Chrome Extension
Trailrunner7 writes "Yahoo on Wednesday launched a new browser called Axis and researchers immediately discovered that the company had mistakenly included its private signing key in the source file, a serious error that would allow an attacker to create a malicious, signed extension for a browser that the browser will then treat as authentic. The mistake was discovered on Wednesday, soon after ...
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Los Angeles Times
Missing Fox executive reportedly spotted in Morro Bay
A man says he spotted missing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith this month at a Morro Bay restaurant.
David Bill, a Madison, Wis., native who frequently travels to the central California coast on business, told NBC4 he's "almost certain" he saw a man May 7 matching Smith's description with a woman at Taco Temple on Pacific Coast Highway.
"The next morning in the office, I no...
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CNN
Yahoo's amazing new browser (Yes, Yahoo) |
CNN
Yahoo launches Axis 'search browser'
Yahoo has joined the browser wars with Axis, its very own tool designed to enhance its search with a clear eye toward the rapidly expanding mobile Web.
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USA Today
Yahoo unveils slick new 'search browser'
'Axis' mobile browser, desktop plug-in lets you view visual search thumbnails of webpages.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo turns back to its search roots with Axis browser app, add-on
Package of enhancements aimed to make Internet searches more visual developed through turmoil of last four CEO changes
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BBC
Yahoo launches visual search app
Yahoo tries to attract search queries via a new service which offers visual webpage previews rather than lists of links
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Gizmodo
Yahoo Manages to Leak Private Security Key With New Chrome Extension [Yahoo]
Yahoo has just released its Axis extension—a visual search tool that links across desktop and mobile devices—but sadly, there's a hitch. During the release, Yahoo managed to leak a private security key in its Chrome version, that could allow anyone to create malicious plugins masquerading as official software. Oops. More »
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Krone
Eigener Browser: Yahoo will Suche revolutionieren
Der strauchelnde Internetkonzern Yahoo hat einen neuen Plan, im Netz wieder zu alter Stärke aufzulaufen: Für iPad und iPhone ist ab nun der Browser "Axis" zu haben, für die gängigsten Webbrowser ist er als Plug-in erhältlich. Er soll die Suche im Web revolutionieren.
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Telegraph
Yahoo enters browser market with Axis
Yahoo has launched a web browser called Axis, in a bid to define the company and its goals.
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Daily Mail
Yahoo takes on Firefox and Chrome with 'Axis', a visual browser which switches seamlessly between desktop and iPad
Rather than try to break this stranglehold, Yahoo has created a plug-in that installs into these browsers and brings a new visual style to the table.
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Heise
Yahoo bringt Such-Browser Axis - mit Sicherheitsproblemen
Axis bettet sich als Erweiterung in die Browser Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer und Safari ein. In der Chrome-Version wurde ein Sicherheitsproblem entdeckt.
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ElPais
Yahoo! estrena Axis, un navegador en imágenes
Los resultados de las búsquedas se muestran en imágenes y se conectan con la tabletas y el móvil
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AP
Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is joining the battle to redefine Internet search and taking aim at building a better Web browser, too....
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Wired
Yahoo's Axis Brings Shared Visual Search Results to iOS and Browsers
Yahoo introduces a visual search results iOS app and browser extension. Will it replace Safari as your iOS browser?
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Reuters
Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into a digital entertainment destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere.
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Barrons
Is Yahoo! Taking the Right Steps?
Shares should benefit from corporate cost-cutting and a stock repurchase program, writes BGC Financial.
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China Daily
Alibaba to repurchase 20% holding from Yahoo for $7.1b
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Monday announced it would buy back some 20 percent of its equity from Yahoo Inc for about $7 billion.
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China Daily
Alibaba, Yahoo reach $7b deal
The Alibaba Group announced Monday it will spend about $7 billion in repurchasing up to one-half of its major shareholder Yahoo.
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FT
Yahoo: pressing task
As the group unloads its Asian assets, it will be presented with the tricky task of proving that it is a viable technology business and not a media relic
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WSJ
Alibaba abre la puerta a su propio tesoro
La larga pugna de Alibaba Group por recomprar la participación de Yahoo en la empresa finalmente está llegando a su fin. Ahora comienza el trabajo difícil.
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Barrons
Yahoo!: Piper Cuts to Hold, ‘Catalyst’ Played Out
It would appear one man’s “overhang” is another man’s “catalyst“: Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster this afternoon cut his rating on shares of Yahoo! (YHOO) after the company announced a deal late yesterday to sell part of its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. That deal had prompted BGC Capital’s Colin Gillis to upgrade [...]
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CNN Money
Yahoo: The hottest tech stock in the Valley?
When Yahoo decided to sue Facebook for patent infringement a few months ago, many tech watchers felt that this was a desperate act by a company whose best days were long behind it.
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WSJ
Yahoo in Deal on Alibaba Stake
Yahoo struck a deal to sell up to half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, finally succeeding after multiple attempts to wind down a seven-year relationship that had soured.
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Reuters
Mike Moritz scales back role at Sequoia Capital
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - Mike Moritz, who
represented Sequoia Capital in its investments in companies such
as Google Inc, PayPal and Yahoo Inc, is
ratcheting back his role due to a rare...
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Telegraph
Yahoo sells half its stake in Alibaba for $7.1bn
Yahoo has pledged to return money to its beleaguered shareholders after selling half its 40pc stake in Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba for $7.1bn (£4.5bn).
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New York Times
DealBook: Yahoo Approves Plan to Sell Part of Alibaba Stake
Under the deal, the Alibaba Group will buy back half of Yahoo’s stake, and Yahoo will sell an additional 10 percent when Alibaba goes public.
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dlisted
Carey Hart Says His Wife Did This Better
I didn't watch the Billboard Music Awards last night, because I try to keep my holy Sundays Bieber and Chris Brown-free. And because I was too busy watching (CELEBRITY APPRENTICE SPOILER ALERT, AVERT EYES NOW) Clay Gayken get robbed on Donald Trump's Double Hour of Has-Been Foolery. Jabba the Trump is not only the asshole of all assholes, but he's a total Clay-ophobe too. When Arsenio was name...
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euronews
Yahoo! vend 20% du portail chinois Alibaba
Yahoo!, le portail internet va toucher environ 5,5 milliards d'euros en vendant 20% de son partenaire chinois Alibaba. C'est le chinois lui-même :…
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Nikkei
Yahoo To Sell Half Of Alibaba Stake For $7.1bn |
NZZ
Alibaba und Yahoo holen zum Befreiungsschlag aus |
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo selling back half its stake in China's Alibaba
$7.1-billion deal moves Chinese e-commerce company closer to IPO; Yahoo shareholders to get bulk of proceeds
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lesoir
Yahoo ! cède la moitié de ses parts
Yahoo ! a cédé la moitié des parts qu’il détenait dans la plate-forme internet chinoise Alibaba pour 7,1 milliards de dollars, ont annoncé les deux sociét...lire la suite
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sueddeutsche
Verkauf der Alibaba-Anteile: Yahoo beschenkt Aktionäre
Gegen die starke Konkurrenz von Google und Facebook kann sich Yahoo nur schwer durchsetzen. Um die Eigentümer zu besänftigen, verkauft das angeschlagene Internetunternehmen jetzt Anteile an der chinesischen Internet-Handelsplattform Alibaba. Das soll den Aktionären Milliarden bringen.
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lesoir
10:49 Yahoo ! cède la moitié de ses parts
Yahoo ! a cédé la moitié des parts qu’il détenait dans la plate-forme internet chinoise Alibaba pour 7,1 milliards de dollars, ont annoncé les deux sociét...lire la suitehistoires liées10:19 Des orages restent possibles10:23 La Bourse de Paris remonte, le marché très volatil11:01 Tripoli veut faire la vérité sur le dossier de Lockerbie11:02 NBA - Playoffs: San Antonio sur la voie royale11:12 Co...
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Al Jazhera
Yahoo to offload stake in China's Alibaba
Struggling US internet giant set to receive more than $7bn for its stake in Chinese e-commerce player.
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FTD
Anteilsverkauf: Alibaba füllt Yahoos Kassen
Yahoo hat dem Drängen seiner Beteiligung Alibaba teilweise nachgegeben. Der Internetpionier verkauft die Hälfte seines Anteils an der chinesischen Onlineplattform. Der größte Teil des Erlöses fließt in die Kurspflege.
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FOCUS
Verpatzter Handelsstart - Börsenchef entschuldigt sich für Facebook-Pannen
Der Chef der US-Technologiebörse Nasdaq zieht Konsequenzen aus dem chaotischen Börsengang des Online-Netzwerks Facebook. Die Handelsplattform will ihre Systeme prüfen und gelobt Besserung.Mehr zum ThemaWerk Bochum von Schließung bedroht - Opel-Betriebsrat kündigt heftigen Widerstand anAktien für 7,1 Millionen Dollar - Yahoo verkauft Alibaba-AnteileOpel-Werk Bochum von Schließung bedroht - Betri...
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Irish Times
Alibaba in talks over Yahoo stake
Chinese internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo, two sources said.
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manager magazin
Wertvolle China-Tochter: Yahoo kassiert 7,1 Milliarden Dollar für Alibaba-Anteile
Der US-Internetkonzern Yahoo verkauft die Hälfte seiner Beteiligung an der chinesischen Internethandelsplattform Alibaba. Die Einnahmen von rund 7,1 Milliarden Dollar will der angeschlagene Internetpionier in Rückkäufe eigener Aktien stecken.
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ARD
Yahoo macht Tabula rasa
Der angeschlagene Yahoo-Konzern lässt keinen Stein auf dem anderen. Nach den personellen Querelen der vergangenen Monate hat das Internet-Urgestein nun einen teilweisen Verkauf seiner Kronjuwelen beschlossen.
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Reuters
UPDATE 4-Alibaba buys back 20 pct stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 bln
* Yahoo to give most of after-tax cash proceeds to
shareholders
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Reuters
Alibaba in talks to raise $2.3 billion equity for Yahoo deal: sources
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo Inc., two sources said.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Aktienrückkauf: Yahoo verkauft Alibaba-Anteile
Der Internetkonzern ist schon lange unter Druck: Sinkende Umsätze und Führungsquerelen haben dem Unternehmen geschadet. Jetzt stimmte Yahoo dem Aktienrückkauf von Alibaba zu.
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DerSpiegel
Angeschlagener Internetkonzern: Yahoo verkauft Alibaba-Anteile
Die Beteiligung an Alibaba gilt als Schatz von Yahoo - nun verkauft das angeschlagene Internetunternehmen die Hälfte davon: Der US-Konzern bekommt dafür 7,1 Milliarden Dollar von der chinesischen Internethandelsplattform. Das Geld soll an die Yahoo-Aktionäre fließen.
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Handelsblatt
7,1 Milliarden Dollar: Yahoo verkauft Alibaba-Anteile
Yahoo gibt die Hälfte seiner Anteile an dem chinesischen Internet-Konzern Alibaba an die Eigentümer zurück. Dafür bekommt der US-Konzern 7,1 Milliarden Dollar. Yahoo steht mit seinem Führungschaos massiv unter Druck.
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Huffington Post
Yahoo, Alibaba Deal: Search Engine To Sell Half Of Its Stake In Chinese Company For $7.1 Billion
HONG KONG (AP) — Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion.
The deal, announced Sunday in the U.S., will see Alibaba Group buying back the stake from Yahoo Inc. for $6.3 billion cash and up to $800 million of Alibaba preference shares.
The announcement caps at leas...
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Reuters
Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.
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New York Times
Common Sense: The Undoing of Scott Thompson at Yahoo — Common Sense
A faked résumé led to a victory for an activist shareholder, and an enduring mystery about Scott Thompson’s departure from Yahoo.
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Irish Times
Yahoo must reconcile its identities as media and technologist
WIRED:IT LOOKS LIKE it’s going to be Yahoo’s “year of the three emperors”. The company entered 2012 without a company head, after its board summarily dismissed Carol Bartz, the chief executive of only two years. The new chief executive, Scott Thompson, started in January, and lasted less than five months, after being ousted this week following a shareholder proxy battle and accusations he had f...
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Huffington Post
Steve Rosenbaum: Yahoo's Media Chief Charts A Course...
I've been a fan of Yahoo since the beginning of time (or at least since Web history began). I've always thought of its roots as...
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BoingBoing
"How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet"—Mat Honan
An excellent long-read about Flickr and Yahoo by Mat Honan at Gizmodo today. Anyone who has loved and been let down by the once-great photo-sharing site now caught in the purple zombie's death spiral will nod in agreement throughout. The opening graf: Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people [...]
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Los Angeles Times
Yahoo's Movieland game for summer films
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet company Yahoo will attempt to stake a claim on the summer movie season Tuesday with the launch of Movieland, an interactive online game promoting some 35 big-budget films.
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MarketWatch
Outside the Box: Yahoo’s issues have broad resonance
Yahoo Inc.’s travails offer a stew of corporate governance issues that resonate well beyond the Internet company., writes Neal Lipschutz.
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USA Today
CEOs stumble over ethics violations, mismanagement
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson lasted just four months before revelations of rsum padding forced him to resign over the weekend.
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Fortune
Ousted Yahoo CEO will get no severance
It's official: Scott Thompson "resigned" from his post as Yahoo CEO's in the wake of his resume-embellishing scandal, and he'll receive no severance.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Yahoo CEO exits without payoff
YAHOO said that its recently-deposed chief executive Scott Thompson would leave without receiving severance pay.
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WSJ
Can Yahoo Levitate With Levinsohn?
Yahoo's schizophrenic history made it ripe for its Loebotomy. Yet shareholders are still faced with a negative prognosis.
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Liberation
Yahoo, moteur de recherche de PDG
Internet . Scott Thomson est le quatrième patron en cinq ans à quitter le groupe en perte de vitesse.
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FOX
JPMorgan exec steps down after $2B trading blunder- Yahoo CEO resigns amid claims of faked resume |
DieZeit
Internet: Feature: Wieder führungslos: Yahoo zerlegt sich selbst
<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/yaha_36542990_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>Sunnyvale (dpa) - «Yahoo hat seinen Chef von Ebay geholt? Und er war nicht ganz das, was er in seiner Beschreibung vorgab zu sein? Keine Ironie, nein, überhaupt nicht.» Hohn und Spott ergoss sich am ...
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DailyTech
Yahoo CEO Steps Down After Degree Scandal
Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's head of global media, has been named interim CEO
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USA Today
Report: Ousted Yahoo CEO battling cancer
Scott Thompson, the Yahoo CEO forced out from his position for discrepancies found in his résumé, is battling thyroid cancer.
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Washington Post
Yahoo chief executive resigns, company adds new board members
Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson resigned Sunday, amid ongoing questions about his academic credentials. His decision follows more than a week of controversy that leaves Yahoo with a new interim chief executive, three new board members from Yahoo’s largest outside investor, a new board chairman and a serious public image problem.
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BBC
VIDEO: The challenge for Yahoo
Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV.
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Daily Mail
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson to stand down amid CV furore
CEO Scott Thompson is stepping down from his role at the internet giant after long controversy over a phoney degree on his biography, though the firm is expected to claim he is leaving for 'personal reasons'.
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La Voix du Nord
Yahoo! nomme un nouveau directeur général, temporaire, Ross Levinsohn
Le groupe internet américain Yahoo! a annoncé dimanche avoir nommé à titre temporaire un nouveau directeur général, Ross Levinsohn, qui remplace Scott Thompson à peine cinq mois après l'arrivée de celui-ci à la tête de l'entreprise.histoires liéesL´aviation d´affaires redémarre lentement et cible la ChineAvon accepte d´étudier l´ultimatum de Coty, lui répondra dans la semaineEurostar envisage d...
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Irish Times
Yahoo CEO steps down
Yahoo is replacing its CEO for the third time in as many years, and giving three board seats to a hedge fund led by Daniel Loeb, putting him in a strong position to influence strategy at the struggling internet company.
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NEWS.au.com
Former Yahoo boss says he has thyroid cancer
FORMER Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has disclosed to colleagues that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported early Monday.
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Zeit
Computer: Umbruch bei Yahoo: Chef geht nach Titel-Tricksereien
Sunnyvale (dpa) - Das angeschlagene Internet-Urgestein Yahoo muss sich schon wieder einen neuen Chef suchen. Nach nur vier Monaten an der Spitze stolpert Hoffnungsträger Scott Thompson über eine fris...
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FOCUS
Falscher Doktortitel in der Vita - Yahoo-Chef Scott Thompson tritt nach Lebenslauf-Affäre zurück
Der wegen eines geschönten Lebenslaufs unter Beschuss geratene Yahoo-Chef Thompson muss seinen Hut nehmen. Seine Verabschiedung fällt eisig aus. Nun muss Yahoo wieder einmal auf Chefsuche gehen, bis auf weiteres übernimmt Ross Levinsohn.
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Le Point
Un nouveau directeur général chez Yahoo!
Le groupe internet américain Yahoo! a annoncé, dimanche, qu'il avait nommé à...
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Le Figaro
CV Truqué : le patron de Yahoo! tombe
La controverse aura été fatale à Scott Thomson, directeur général du groupe Internet américain, qui a donné sa démission. Son poste est provisoirement attribué au directeur mondial de la branche médias, Ross Levinsohn.
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Le Figaro
CV Truqué : le patron de Yahoo! tombe
La controverse aura été fatale à Scott Thomson, directeur général du groupe Internet américain, qui a donné sa démission. Son poste est provisoirement attribué au directeur mondial de la branche médias, Ross Levinsohn.
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TheDomains
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Resigns
The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson resigned tonight after news came out that Mr. Thompson included on his resume a science degree which he did not have.
Ross Levinsohn was named as interim Chief Executive Officer.
Here is the press release:
“”Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ross Levinsohn as int...
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Zeit
Internetunternehmen: Yahoo-Chef Thompson tritt zurück
Nach dem Eklat um einen geschönten Lebenslauf trennt sich Yahoo von seinem einstigen Hoffnungsträger Scott Thompson. Damit gewinnt nun ein Hedgefonds bei Yahoo an Macht.
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Times of India
Yahoo chief Scott Thompson steps down
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson has stepped down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, the third CEO in three years to leave the Internet company struggling to define its future.
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el universal
Scott Thompson renuncia a dirección de Yahoo
Se vio envuelto en la última semana en un escándalo tras salir a la luz que el currículum que presentó para acceder al puesto incluía dos licenciaturas, una de las cuales no había cursado
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Yahoo boss quits over resume fracas
YAHOO CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down amid controversy over a computer science degree he never received.
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Hoy
El director general de Yahoo! dimite por un currículum falso
La compañía de internet Yahoo anunció que Ross Levinsohn asumirá el cargo de director general de forma interina tras la dimisión de Scott Thompson. "Levinsohn reemplazará a Scott Thompson, exconsejero delegado, que ha dejado la compañía", informó Yahoo en un comunicado, en el que no da más detalles.
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ARD
Yahoo-Chef Thompson muss gehen
Nicht nur Blogger interessieren sich für falsche Angaben über eine akademische Laufbahn. Auch Hedgefonds wissen solche Informationen zu nutzen. Das bekam nun der Chef von Yahoo zu spüren. Im Streit um mehr Einfluss stellte ein Hedgefonds Yahoo-Chef Thompson bloß. Der musste daraufhin seinen Hut nehmen.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo appoints interim CEO, new chairman of the board
No description available
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Daily Mail
Yahoo CEO apologises for lying about his past education (but it apparently doesn't bother him enough to resign)
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson sent out a memo to his staff apologising for listing a bachelor's degree in computer science that he never received.
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Times of India
Major Yahoo shareholder demands records on CEO's hiring
A major Yahoo shareholder has made a legal demand for internal records about the embattled Internet company's hiring of CEO Scott Thompson.
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Bild
+++ Digitalticker +++ - Wird das iPhone 5 ein iPhone Nano?
Wird das iPhone 5 ein iPhone Nano? ++ Test: Teurere Multifunktionsgeräte drucken günstiger ++ Tablets verändern TV-Konsum ++ Yahoo startet Wissenschafts-Show. Foto: dapdMehr zum ThemaBreivik-Prozess - Die letzten Minuten der OpferNach der Exhumierung - Witwe des Bierkönigs glaubt an VerschwörungDustin Moskovitz - Facebook-Milliardär im Schatten ZuckerbergsOldtimer-Ranking - Diese Oldies gehöre...
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WSJ
Résumé Trips Up New Yahoo Chief
Pressure is mounting on Yahoo's board and CEO Scott Thompson after revelations that the Internet company's recently hired chief's academic record was misstated.
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circleID
FBI Pushing Plans to Force Surveillance Backdoors on Social Networks, VoIP, and Email Providers
Declan McCullagh reporting in CNET: "The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require the firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. In meetings with industry representatives, the White House, and U.S. senators, senior FBI officials argue the dramatic shift in communication from the te...
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omg
Yahoo!,ABC News see success in video streaming
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Touting the early success of their six-month old online news alliance, Yahoo! and ABC News announced Friday that they streamed nearly half a billion videos in March. The partnership's videos, including five new original series, were streamed 483 million times, according to comScore. ABC News Digital also reported 131 percent growth since September. Yahoo! and ABC News a...
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Le Point
Yahoo! : le CV du patron fait tache
Le groupe internet Yahoo! a admis jeudi "une erreur par inadvertance" dans...
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taz
Yahoo-Chef mit falschem Lebenslauf: Der Buchhalter des Internets
Gefakter Lebenslauf: Yahoo-Chef Scott Thompson hat einen Abschluss in Buchhaltung, nicht in Computerwissenschaften. Aber Yahoo kann einen guten Buchhalter gebrauchen. mehr...
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FAZ
Yahoo-Chef Thompson frisierte seinen Lebenslauf
Einfach nur peinlich: Der frühere Ebay-Manager Scott Thompson ist als Hoffnungsträger zu Yahoo gekommen. Nun aber musste der Internet-Konzern zugeben, dass der neue Vorstandsvorsitzende seinen offiziellen Lebenslauf mit akademischen Ehren garnierte, die er nie erworben hatte.
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The Guardian
Presidential sweet: nice guy Hollande outshines Sarkozy in French TV debate
Socialist candidate judged winner of bitterly contested three-hour duel ahead of Sunday's voteThe Socialist François Hollande has emerged with the upper hand from a bruising TV duel with the rightwing president Nicolas Sarkozy, as the two held their last rallies in the final 24 hours of campaigning before Sunday's presidential vote.The first opinion poll for LH2 Yahoo showed French viewers of t...
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Entertainment Online
Watch! New Men in Black 3 Clip Ramps Up the Action!
If adventure has a name, it must be Men in Black 3?
A new clip from the upcoming sequel has hit the Web courtesy of Yahoo! Movies, and judging by the chase scene that unfolds, there will...
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La Voix du Nord
Aubry la plus citée pour Matignon si Hollande gagne, Juppé si Sarkozy réélu
Les Français souhaiteraient voir la première secrétaire du PS Martine Aubry à Matignon si François Hollande l'emporte dimanche, et Alain Juppé dans le cas d'un succès du président-candidat Nicolas Sarkozy, selon un sondage LH2 pour Yahoo! publié ce lundi.Articles en rapportPour Martine Aubry, « Sil y a des violences le 1er mai, Sarkozy en serait responsable »La présidentielle vue... d´un cabin...
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news.com.au
Aussie social-network researcher exits Yahoo
DUNCAN Watts, the social-science researcher who had been at Yahoo since 2007, has left the company.
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FAZ
Ehemalige Yahoo-Chefin erhält 16 Millionen Dollar Abfindung
Die Trennung verlief schnell und schmutzig: Per Telefon setzte der Internetkonzern Yahoo seine Vorstandsvorsitzende Carol Bartz vor dir Tür. Die revanchierte sich mit derben Worten – und kann sich nun mit einer stattlichen Abfindung trösten.
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perez hilton
Yahoo And Facebook Legal Battle Getting NASTAY!
PEOPLE! The internet is NOT A PLACE FOR FIGHTING!!
Ok…maybe it is…but Yahoo and Facebook should be playing nice!
Yahoo is suing the pants off of Facebook for allegedly infringing upon TWELVE of its patents.
The internet portal has been fighting Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg's team for six weeks and they have actually upped their original charges from [...]
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Fortune
Apple's Q2 blowout: What the analysts are saying
Unbridled enthusiasm across the board
FORTUNE -- With no apologies for having underestimated Apple's (AAPL) earnings in the walk-up to Tuesday's results (see here), the Street rejoiced in another record quarter.
Topeka's Brian White: #1 in Consumers' Hearts, Apple Fever Rocks On. "Last night, Apple's performance once again demonstrated how quickly Apple fever is spreading around the world and...
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Telegraph
Former Yahoo boss and husband agree $71 million divorce
A titanic five-year divorce battle between Susan Decker, the former president of internet giant Yahoo, and her investment banker husband has been settled in an agreement compared to the "The Treaty of Versailles."
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webwire
Brian Bowman, CEO theComplete.me, to keynote on Social Discovery at iDate LA: The Mobile Dating Industry Conference -
New York, NY--Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that Brian Bowman will provide the keynote address at the 9th annual iDate West Coast Mobile Dating Conference . The event takes place on Jun...
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La Voix du Nord
Amazon, Apple et Microsoft ont «largement recours aux énergies sales»
Les géants des nouvelles technologies Amazon, Apple et Microsoft ont «largement recours aux énergies sales» pour leurs services dématérialisés, comme le stockage de données en ligne, a affirmé hier Greenpeace. L'organisation écologique a en revanche distribué des bons points à Facebook, Google et Yahoo!.
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ARD
Verschnaufpause nach der Gewinnrally
Der Dax-Höhenflug ist vorerst gestoppt. Das deutsche Börsenbarometer startete mit Verlusten in den Handel. Im Rampenlicht stehen Zahlen der US-Hightech-Konzerne IBM, Intel und Yahoo. Außerdem rückt Douglas ins Visier der Anleger.
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BBC
VIDEO: Can Yahoo bounce back?
Yahoo is due to announce its first quarter results, but what will they reveal about the new management at the company?
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News.co.au
Struggling Yahoo! cuts 2000 jobs
US internet pioneer to slash 14 per cent of its workforce in a purge aimed at creating a "smaller, nimbler, more profitable" company.
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Mail & Guardian
Yahoo! cuts off 2 000 workers
Struggling US internet firm Yahoo! will slash some 2 000 jobs in a sweeping restructuring aimed at building a "nimbler, more profitable" company.
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BBC
Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce
Struggling Tech firm Yahoo cuts 2,000 staff, or 14% of the workforce, as part of efforts to boost profits.
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lesoir
Facebook porte plainte contre Yahoo!
Facebook explique avoir porté plainte en réponse aux « décisions à courte vue de Yahoo ! d'attaquer l'un de ses partenaires et de donner la priorité aux...lire la suite
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el universal
Facebook contrademanda a Yahoo en guerra de patentes
La red social asegura que Yahoo ha violado patentes relacionadas con la publicidad en internet, controles de privacidad y redes sociales
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Times of India
Yahoo layoffs to begin next week
Yahoo Inc will begin layoffs of thousands of employees next week and will announce a plan to restructure the company the week after that, according to a media report.
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siliconindia
Ten strategic benefits of blogging for an online business
by mayur D Dicosta
Blogging is relatively new to the real estate community. For this reason, blogging should be carefully thought over. Great content and effective blog tools are important for reaching the target market and achieving the objectives of the business.
1. Search Engine Marketing-Simply stated, blogs are search engine magnets. It is not that search engine seek ...
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Times LIVE
Yahoo! board gets new members, defies hedge fund
Yahoo! has announced the appointment of three independent board members as the struggling Internet firm moved to shake up its team and fend off a challenge from an activist hedge fund.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo to stream 'Cybergeddon' movie in latest original video play
Anthony Zuiker project the troubled portals second stab at tapping Hollywood talent to create original online video
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lesoir
Sarkozy réduit l’écart avec Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy se rapproche de François Hollande, selon un sondage LH2 pour Yahoo. Marine Le Pen reste 3e au classement. ...lire la suite
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Washington Post
Report: Gerald Wallace traded to New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets have acquired Gerald Wallace from the Portland Trail Blazers, according to a Yahoo report.
The Nets will send Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and a protected first-round pick to Portland, Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The pick is protected only through the top three spots.
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National Post
Raptors send Barbosa to Pacers: report
The Raptors have confirmed a deal is in place with Indiana, but would not release any details. Yahoo! Sports says Barbosa was traded for a second-round draft pick
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amNY
Mike D'Antoni resigns as head coach of the Knicks: Reports
Mike D'Antoni has resigned as head coach of the Knicks, according to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday.
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Daily Mail
Who knew retro lunchboxes were the latest home accessory? Design director of Yahoo! shows off her funky loft and artist's studio
Dee Adams is a graphic designer and artist in Oakland California, where she lives in a live/work loft she designed herself.
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National Post
Yahoo sues Facebook in massive patent infringement lawsuit
Yahoo sued Facebook over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among bigtech companies in social media
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Gizmodo
Yahoo verklagt Facebook wegen Patentverletzung
Kürzlich hatte Yahoo mit einer Patentklage gegen Facebook gedroht, sollte das soziale Netzwerk keinem Lizenzabkommen zustimmen. Die Gespräche zwischen den beiden Firmen sind offenbar gescheitert, denn nun hat Yahoo tatsächlich Klage eingereicht. mehr...
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euronews
Facebook usurpateur de brevets Yahoo
Une guerre des brevets entre Yahoo et Facebook...Plus exactement, le portail internet Yahoo a porté plainte contre le site communautaire Facebook…
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SI
Report: Auburn guard in FBI point-shaving probe
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Yahoo Sports reports that federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving.
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AP
FBI probing AU's Ward for point shaving
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving involving in at least two games this season, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday....
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USA Today
Syracuse admits NCAA probe into drug policy
At least 10 Syracuse basketball players have tested positive for banned substances during the past decade, Yahoo! Sports reported.
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Washington Post
New Japanese ‘gun’ can silence speech
A new hand-held gun created by Japanese researchers has a startling capability: It can stop a person from speaking mid-sentence.
The device, developed by Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University, can jam the words of speakers more than 100 feet away, Yahoo News reports.
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Zeit
Börsengang: Yahoo droht Facebook mit Patentklagen
Kurz vor Facebooks Börsengang erklärt Yahoo, das Netzwerk nutze bis zu 20 Patente von Yahoo und müsse dafür zahlen. Dasselbe hatte Yahoo 2004 auch von Google verlangt.
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BBC
Alibaba and Yahoo's valuation hurdle
Alibaba and Yahoo deal said to have hit valuation hurdle
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New York Times
The Carpetbagger: But What Are Academy Members Searching Online?
Based on the volume of searches for "War Horse," Yahoo predicts that film will win the Academy Award.
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Scientific American
Iran Government Suspected in Cutting Off Internet to Quell Protests
With the launch of a “national”—more censored—version of the Internet only a few weeks away in Iran, users are already reporting increasingly limited access to certain Web sites and Web security features. A number of Internet users in Iran have for the past few days reported difficulty connecting to Web sites housed on servers outside [...]
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Times of India
Yahoo moves HC, notice to police
The Delhi HC on Friday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a plea by Yahoo India challenging the summons issued to it by a magistrate for allegedly hosting objectionable content.
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Technology Review
Yahoo Predicts America's Political Winners
The effort combines a variety of data-driven approaches.
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Reuters
Stock index futures gain, Yahoo in focus
(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.4-0.5 percent at 1045 GMT.
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AP
Facebook, Google, others face charges in India
NEW DELHI (AP) -- For the first time, Indian prosecutors are taking Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other networking sites to court for refusing to remove material considered insulting to Indian leaders and major religious figures....
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Le Figaro
Guy Roux a songé au suicide
FOOTBALL - Dans un entretien accordé à Yahoo! Sports, Guy Roux a confié qu'il avait pensé mettre fin à ses jours lorsqu'il a été poussé en dehors de l'AJ Auxerre, son club de toujours.
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Times LIVE
Tom Hanks to electrify Yahoo with Web series
Tom Hanks' long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo.
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AP
Tom Hanks' Web series to stream on Yahoo
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Hanks' long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo....
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Washington Post
New Hampshire Republican debates: When and where to watch
The New Hampshire primary is Tuesday, exactly one week after the Iowa caucuses were held on Jan. 3.
The tight window between nominating contests set up for a debate double header: Republican presidential hopefuls will meet on stages in the Granite State on Saturday night and again Sunday morning.
ABC News, Yahoo! News and WMUR-TV will host the first debate on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET. The Fix w...
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Barrons
Few Yahoos for New Yahoo! CEO
PayPal veteran Scott Thompson has been dealt a lousy hand at the flagging Internet concern.
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Technology Review
An Encouraging Sign From Yahoo
Hiring its new CEO away from PayPal indicates that the Internet company still believes it can thrive on its own.
One of Silicon Valley's longest-running stories is the plight of Yahoo, a company whose future has been doubtful or questionable for something like seven or eight years now. Here is a site that just can't figure out how to prosper from an enormous audience, which outranks Facebook's ...
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Technology Review
Yahoo Adds a Notepad to Search
A new tool could help people organize information from Web searches.
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Irish Times
Indian courts challenge tech giants
US tech companies Facebook, Google and Yahoo, and other internet firms, have been ordered by two Indian courts to remove material considered religiously offensive, the latest skirmish in a growing battle over website content in the world's largest democracy.
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FOCUS
Suchmaschinen Bing, Google und Yahoo - Rebecca Black Top-Suchbegriff 2011 bei Google
Rebecca Black, iPhone 5 und Fukushima sind Googles Top-Suchbegriff 2011. In Deutschland haben es auch EHEC und DSDS in die Top Ten geschafft. Yahoo- und Bing-Nutzer suchen Alltagshelfer.
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Barrons
Goldman Slides as Bove Slashes Estimate
Goldman Sachs (GS) shares dropped 3.7% in midday trading, more than the rest of the banking sector, after Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove cut his expectations for the bank’s fourth quarter earnings. Bove now thinks the bank will earn 79 cents per share, a 66% reduction from his prior estimate, according to a report on [...]
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Reuters
Alibaba seeks $4 billion in financing for Yahoo
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group is seeking up to $4 billion in debt financing, sources said on Thursday, in a deal expected to help the Chinese e-commerce giant buy back a 40 percent stake in the...
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APA-OTS
Yahoo Site Explorer offline - CEMPER.COM realisiert mit Link Research Tools bis zu 7.500 zusätzliche Links =
Wien (OTS) - Mit dem neuen Link Boost und Verdopplung der
Datenmenge gehören verborgene Backlinks der Vergangenheit an!
Die Suchmaschinenmarketing Agentur CEMPER.COM realisierte
vergangene Woche den Launch der neuesten Version der weltweit
erfolgreichen Link Research Tools. Das umfassende ...
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APA-OTS
Yahoo!- Weihnachtsstudie 2011 - Warum die Lust oft in Frust umschlägt und wie man das vermeidet - AUDIO =
München (OTS) - Anmoderationsvorschlag: Alle Jahre wieder freuen
sich die Deutschen auf Weihnachten - auf ein paar ruhige, erholsame
Tage mit der Familie, leckeres Essen und tolle Geschenke. Doch aus
Weihnachtslust wird oft recht schnell auch Weihnachtsfrust. Was die
größten Stimmungskiller ...
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USA Today
Danica Patrick was Yahoo's most-searched athlete in 2011
Yahoo has its list of most-searched athletes for 2011, and not a single NFL or MLB player is on it.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Alibaba-Chef: Dieser Mann will Yahoo kaufen
Er gilt als das Wunderkind der chinesischen Internetwirtschaft – jetzt drängt es Jack Ma auf die globale Bühne. Der 46-Jährige will das amerikanische Internetportal Yahoo übernehmen.
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Daily Mail
FTSE grabs the biggest share of net searches during economic gloom
The London stock index of leading share prices drew more internet searches than any other subject in the past year, according to Yahoo.
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MarketWatch
Yahoo shares add 2.6% in preopen trade
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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TMZ
Terrell Owens -- I Tweet To Pay My Bills!
Filed under: Terrell Owens, Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports
T.O. filed legal docs in one of his child support cases, claiming he doesn't have nearly enough jack to pay his baby mama's attorney's fees, but in making his argument he revealed he's making a bloody fortune by tweeting.According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Mr. O says he makes between $2,800 ...
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Les Echos
Présidentielle: Hollande à 30% et Sarkozy à 29% au 1er tour selon un sondage
[[325505]] PARIS (AFP) : François Hollande obtiendrait 30% des voix au premier tour, en forte baisse de 9 points par rapport au mois dernier, et Nicolas Sarkozy le talonnerait avec 29% (+5), si la présidentielle avait lieu dimanche prochain, selon un sondage LH2 pour Yahoo! publié dimanche. Au...
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Technology Review
Avoiding the Faddish Side of Gamification
Yahoo researcher Judd Antin says that encouraging users and employees to pursue points and virtual badges may not achieve the desired results.
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Daily Mail
Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL unite to launch advertising war on Google and Facebook
The alliance, announced this week, is designed to sell some of the less-prized ad space that the three have had trouble filling on their own.
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CNN Money
Facebook is now too big to buy
Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have all toyed over the years with acquiring Facebook, but those days are long gone: The company is now too big to buy, according to its top executives.
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Technology Review
Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV
An app that knows what you're watching can serve up related Web articles or other information—as well as targeted ads.
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DnJournal
2 New Shows Added to the Conference Calendar + Where Did YOUR Parking Revenue Go?
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new domain conference has been added to the crowded October schedule and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. announces a March 2011 show on the West Coast. Plus, wondering where YOUR parking revenue went? More fingers are pointing at Google and Yahoo.
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Foreign Policy
China's tech companies go global while no one is watching
While the whole world is watching what Google is going to do in China, Chinese Internet companies are quietly expanding their global operations. The latest company to do so is AliBaba.com, the country's biggest business-to-business website, which is rapidly increasing its presence in Brazil.
Recently it has partnered with Ludatrade, a Hong Kong company, and expects a growth rate of 30 to 50...
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Fortune
Report: Former AOL chief wants to buy Yahoo
By Yi-Wyn Yen
Yahoo's fate is becoming more convoluted every day. Just two days after the Times of London reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo were back on, the the Wall Street Journal says former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money from private equity and sovereign wealth investors to buy the struggling Internet company.
Shares of Yahoo (Y...
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Technology Review
Innovator of the Year Joshua Schachter on memory and innovation
Technology Review's editors think Joshua Schachter's website, del.icio.us, is so cool, so useful, so ubiquitous that we named this TR35 winner our 2006 Innovator of the Year. Yahoo acquired del.icio.us last December, and the site has continued its phenomenal growth since then. Schachter talked to us late this summer about how his own memory influenced the development of del.icio.us and ...
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 72.035 |
| 2 | India | 54.110 |
| 3 | Japan | 8.225 |
| 4 | Brazil | 7.175 |
| 5 | Germany | 6.170 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.610 |
| 7 | China | 3.900 |
| 8 | Spain | 3.720 |
| 9 | Turkey | 3.495 |
| 10 | Canada | 3.467 |
| 11 | Philipines | 3.430 |
| 12 | Mexico | 3.290 |
| 13 | France | 3.212 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 3.143 |
| 15 | Australia | 2.915 |
| 16 | Argentina | 2.730 |
| 17 | Italy | 2.460 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 2.168 |
| 19 | Romania | 1.873 |
| 20 | Singapore | 1.310 |
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# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | Dainik Jagran | 30.250 |
| 2 | CNN Editions (International) | 12.000 |
| 3 | Times of India | 6.600 |
| 4 | Globo | 4.500 |
| 5 | CNN | 4.000 |
| 6 | Dinamalar | 3.500 |
| 7 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 3.050 |
| 8 | foxnews | 2.400 |
| 9 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 10 | Yahoo India | 2.000 |
| 11 | Navbharat Times | 2.000 |
| 12 | Softpedia | 1.928 |
| 13 | computerbild | 1.650 |
| 14 | Divya Bhaskar | 1.600 |
| 15 | New York Times | 1.540 |
| 16 | NYdailynews | 1.540 |
| 17 | Mainichi shimbun | 1.500 |
| 18 | yahoo brasil | 1.500 |
| 19 | Chunichi Shimbun | 1.500 |
| 20 | Mumbai Mirror | 1.500 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 105.604 |
| 2 | Hindi | 32.600 |
| 3 | Spanish | 12.058 |
| 4 | German | 8.878 |
| 5 | Japanese | 8.225 |
| 6 | Portuguese | 7.335 |
| 7 | Indonesian | 4.610 |
| 8 | Tamil | 4.500 |
| 9 | Chinese | 3.940 |
| 10 | French | 3.672 |
| 11 | Turkish | 3.495 |
| 12 | Italian | 2.460 |
| 13 | Romanian | 1.923 |
| 14 | Gujarati | 1.600 |
| 15 | Arabic | 1.240 |
| 16 | Finnish | 1.230 |
| 17 | Czech | 0.800 |
| 18 | Dutch | 0.440 |
| 19 | Russian | 0.440 |
| 20 | Thai | 0.340 |
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