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Criminal proceedings to continue against Yahoo India
10 Feb 2012
Refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against Yahoo India, Justice Suresh Kait of Delhi High Court,and fixed the matter for 1 March, saying he would hear the case before the trial court heard it on 13 March
Yahoo chief Yang quits, severs all ties
18 Jan 2012
Yang's departure comes two weeks after the company appointed Scott Thompson as its new CEO, with a mandate to return the once-leading internet portal to the heights it enjoyed in the 1990s
Yahoo picks PayPal chief as new CEO
05 Jan 2012
Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, a unit of eBay, will take over as the new chief executive of the internet giant, which is battling stiff competition from rivals such as Google and Facebook, amidst declining advertising revenues
Yahoo mulls sale of Asian assets worth around $17 billion: report
22 Dec 2011
The deal would allow Yahoo to return some cash to shareholders, while also allowing it to focus on its core internet advertising business
Microsoft signs confidentiality agreement with Yahoo
24 Nov 2011
Microsoft provides its Bing search engine technology to Yahoo and also has an advertising alliance with it, both of which might be endangered if an IT or internet major were to acquire Yahoo
Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL join hands to share ad space
09 Nov 2011
Yahoo Inc, Microsoft Corp and AOL Inc have announced a partnership to pool unsold display ad space in a bid to combat the online advertising dominance of Google Inc and Facebook
AOL's Armstrong keen to merge with Yahoo
13 Oct 2011
The unlikely deal, if it materialises, would combine two fallen internet giants that have squandered their once leading positions to emerging rivals in the fast-evolving internet industry.
Jerry Yang enters race to take Yahoo private: report
11 Oct 2011
Yang is reported to be planning to put in place a consortium of private equity firms to launch a takeover of Yahoo, currently evaluated at around $20 billion
ABC News, Yahoo join hands to create digital news content
04 Oct 2011
Under the new agreement, ABC would function as the premier news provider to Yahoo and create original content, including an online version of "Good Morning America" specifically for the venture.
Alibaba evinces interest in taking over Yahoo
03 Oct 2011
Six years after Yahoo! Inc paid over $1 billion to emerge as the biggest investor in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the US internet company has now become a potential takeover target for the Chinese internet company.
Acquirers hovering over Yahoo
24 Sep 2011
A memo sent by Yahoo cofounders David Filo and Jerry Yang to employees says the search giant has received inquiries from “multiple parties” interested in various unspecified strategic options for it.
PE firm Silver Lake weighing bid for Yahoo: report
16 Sep 2011
California-based private equity firm Silver Lake is reported to be mulling a bid for internet search firm Yahoo
AOL, Yahoo talk merger: report
10 Sep 2011
Yahoo has a strong web presence drawing 600 million visitors to all its services, including its search page and its media sites like news, finance and sports, and is second only to Google.
Yahoo may be up for sale after Bartz firing
08 Sep 2011
Bartz, who joined Yahoo after the internet major rejected a $47.5 billion offer from Microsoft in 2008, left the company with just $16 billion in market value.
Yahoo up for sale: reports
07 Sep 2011
Yahoo chief Carol Bartz sacked
07 Sep 2011
Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz was yesterday sacked over the phone by chairman Roy Bostock, ending her tumultuous tenure at Yahoo
Yahoo brings Bollywood movies online
16 Aug 2011
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