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Yahoo revamps email in bid to catch up with Gmail
Yahoo is spiffing up and expanding its email service in an attempt to regain some of the ground lost to a Google alternative that lured away millions ...
NBC Sports partners with Yahoo for content deal
NBC Sports and Yahoo are taking on the crowded sports media landscape with a partnership that fills in gaps for both companies. NBC brings video and ...
Yahoo buys more mobile expertise in latest deal
Yahoo has bought another Silicon Valley mobile startup as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to create more compelling products for smartphones and tablet ...
A big disconnect as 'fiscal cliff' clock ticks
Republicans' newfound willingness to consider tax increases to avert the "fiscal cliff" comes with a significant caveat: larger cuts than Democrats ...
Yahoo's stock hits $19 for 1st time since 2010
Yahoo's shares touched $19 Monday, the first time they have traded that high in more than two and half years. The latest gains extend a rally that has ...
Yahoo CEO starts reign with encouraging 3Q report
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer turned in an encouraging report card covering her first few months running the troubled Internet company. The third-quarter ...
Yahoo to exit South Korea by end of year
Yahoo Inc. said it will close its South Korean web portal and an Internet advertising business, cutting its losses in a market where it has struggled ...
Yahoo CEO raids Google to hire top lieutenant
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is mining her old advertising connections at Google to help her tackle the challenges facing her in her new job. Henrique de ...
Yahoo CEO adds motherhood to list of challenges
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy late Sunday, adding motherhood to her challenges as she tries to steer the struggling Internet company in ...
Yahoo gives new CFO big raise to leave his old job
Yahoo's new chief financial officer is getting a big raise to join the struggling Internet company. Ken Goldman, who will become Yahoo's CFO next ...
Yahoo replaces CFO as CEO draws up turnaround plan
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is casting aside a cost-cutting specialist and bringing in software industry veteran Ken Goldman to be chief financial officer ...
Yahoo closes $7.6 billion deal with Alibaba Group
Yahoo has completed a long-awaited $7.6 billion deal with China's Alibaba Group, generating a windfall that could help ease the pain of Yahoo ...
Yahoo's new CEO finds her chief marketing officer
Yahoo is bringing in a new chief marketing officer as the troubled Internet company tries to burnish its image and revive its revenue growth under ...
Yahoo CEO mulling possible changes in strategy
Recently hired Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer may scrap the Internet company's plan to reward its long-tormented shareholders with a multibillion-dollar ...
Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub
Ross Levinsohn, the interim CEO who was snubbed in the search for a permanent leader at Yahoo, is leaving the Internet portal. Yahoo announced the ...
Ex-Yahoo CEO becomes head of ShopRunner
Recently ousted Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has landed a new job leading ShopRunner, an online service that provides two-day shipping from a variety of ...
Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M
Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years. Yahoo Inc.
Sexual harassment lawsuit roils Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley venture capital firm of Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfied & Byers has been generating buzz for decades, spotting early investment ...
Yahoo turns to former nemesis to be its CEO savior
As a top executive at Google for the past 13 years, Marissa Mayer played an instrumental role in developing many of the services that have tormented ...
Yahoo CEO's pregnancy reignites a perennial debate
"Another piece of good news today," tweeted the expectant mom, announcing to her online followers that she and her husband are awaiting a baby boy.
Yahoo's 2Q results point to hurdles facing new CEO
Just a few hours after Yahoo ushered in Marissa Mayer as its new CEO Tuesday, the struggling Internet company's second-quarter earnings tempered some ...
Yahoo ushers in new CEO with 2Q earnings report
Yahoo Inc. will provide a snapshot of the challenges facing newly hired CEO Marissa Mayer Tuesday when it releases second-quarter earnings.