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| Sep.18 |
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Yahoo testing new home page design
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| Sep.17 |
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Google CEO 'committed' to Yahoo ad pact
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| Aug.14 |
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Biondi, Chapple new board members
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| Aug.1 |
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Board Re-Elected
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| Jul.21 |
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Yahoo, Icahn End Proxy Fight
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| Jul.13 |
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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer| Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn. The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search e... | |
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| Jun.12 |
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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search results
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| Jun.4 |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign
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| May.22 |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May.18 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go
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| May.15 |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors
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| May.3 |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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| Apr.26 |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| Apr.9 |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads
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| Apr.5 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal
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| Mar.15 |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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| Mar.5 |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid
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| Feb.11 |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offe...
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| Feb.1 |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Goog...
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| Oct.5 |
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Google And Yahoo Ad Deal Delayed
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| Sep.24 |
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Chron, Yahoo! Team On Ads |
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| Sep.18 |
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Yahoo testing new home page design Yahoo has started testing a new design for its home page on randomly selected users as part of a strategy to emphasize third-party content
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| Sep.17 |
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Google CEO 'committed' to Yahoo ad pact Eric Schmidt defended the deal and said the company expected to implement it, despite signals that the pact might be challenged by feds
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| Sep.11 |
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Yahoo to add third-party content
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| Sep.7 |
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Ad group opposes Yahoo-Google pact
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| Sep.4 |
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Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
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| Aug.29 |
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Google, Yahoo made ad deal
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| Aug.14 |
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Biondi, Chapple new board members Yahoo will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal
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| Aug.5 |
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Revised vote reveals disdain for board
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| Aug.1 |
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Board Re-Elected Leadership faced only a smattering of criticism at the annual meeting today over their handling of a failed Microsoft takeover bid
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| Jul.29 |
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Pickens Rips Yahoo Honchos |
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| Jul.23 |
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CEO Upbeat Despite 2Q Results |
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| Jul.21 |
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Yahoo, Icahn End Proxy Fight Yahoo is giving billionaire investor and 2 of his nominees seats on an expanded board, ending a high profile-fight for control of the Web po...
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| Jul.19 |
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Board won support of major shareholder
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| Jul.13 |
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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
| The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| Jul.9 |
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Flickr turns to Getty to sell photos
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| Jul.7 |
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M-soft wants to negotiate with new board
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| Jul.3 |
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Shares soar on new takeover rumor |
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| Jul.2 |
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Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jul.1 |
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Google-Yahoo ad deal probed |
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| Jun.30 |
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Defense against Icahn taken to investors |
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| Jun.26 |
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Yahoo shakes up management |
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| Jun.17 |
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Shareholder wants to oust 4 from board |
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| Jun.12 |
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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search results
| The agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m in additional revenue every year. Recent Yahoo-Microsoft talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just its online search business
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| Jun.10 |
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Yahoo woos shareholders |
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| Jun.4 |
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Icahn tells board to scrap severance plan |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign Outraged by new details about Yahoo efforts to complicate Microsoft takeover bid, Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be ...
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| Jun.2 |
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Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.31 |
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e-mail security program gains acceptance |
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| May.22 |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn Yahoo postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense or negotiate a sale to Microsoft
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| May.21 |
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T. Boone Pickens joins proxy contest
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| May.18 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.17 |
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Investor suit accuses of hiding evidence |
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| May.15 |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft
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| May.13 |
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Icahn considering attempt to oust board
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| May.5 |
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Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection
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| May.4 |
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CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft
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| May.3 |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo| Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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| May.2 |
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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes Yahoo Inc. is setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titan
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| Apr.24 |
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Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.22 |
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Earnings slightly exceed expectations
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| Apr.11 |
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Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal. Google
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| Apr.9 |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
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| Apr.8 |
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Flickr photo site adds video
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| Apr.7 |
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Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft
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| Apr.5 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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| Mar.15 |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.5 |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid Yahoo has extended the deadline for nominating members to its board, a move that delays Microsoft from trying a hostile takeover
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| Feb.13 |
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Yahoo in talks with News Corp.
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| Feb.11 |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
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| Feb.9 |
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Yahoo weighs outsourcing ads to Google |
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| Feb.4 |
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Google offers to help Yahoo
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| Feb.1 |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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| Jan.29 |
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Yahoo to lay off 1,000. Profit Drops 23% |
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| Jan.21 |
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Yahoo expected to cut hundreds of jobs |
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| Nov.13 |
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Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
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| Nov.5 |
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House committee chair lambasts Yahoo Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist
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| Oct.16 |
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Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
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| Jun.18 |
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CEO Terry Semel steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
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| May.4 |
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
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| Apr.19 |
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Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
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| Dec.5 |
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Extensive Shake-Up
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| Jul.18 |
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2Q Profit Meets Analysts' Estimates |
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| May.25 |
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Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership
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| Aug.11 |
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Yahoo invests $1 billion in China's Alibaba |
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| May.11 |
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Yahoo introduces online music subscription |
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| Jan.18 |
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Quarter profit nearly triples on strong ads |
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| Oct.12 |
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3rd-quarter profit nearly quadruples |
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| Sep.14 |
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Yahoo buys jukebox provider Musicmatch |
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| Jul.7 |
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2nd-quarter profit more than doubles |
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| Apr.7 |
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First-quarter profit doubles |
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| Oct.8 |
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Profits doubled again
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| Jul.14 |
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Yahoo buying Overture in $1.6 billion deal |
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| Jul.9 |
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$50.8 million profit, rosier prospects |
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| Apr.9 |
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Yahoo reports another profit |
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| Dec.23 |
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Yahoo Buys Inktomi |
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| Oct.9 |
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3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
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| Nov.15 |
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Yahoo to cut 400 jobs |
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| Jul.11 |
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Earnings edge forecast, shares rise |
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| Apr.17 |
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Yahoo! names CEO |
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| Apr.13 |
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Yahoo takes adult merchandise off |
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| Apr.11 |
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Yahoo cutting 12% work force |
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| Mar.7 |
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Yahoo! CEO to step down |
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| Feb.7 |
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Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers
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| 2008 |
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| May.17 |
Investor suit accuses of hiding evidence |
| 2007 |
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| Apr.19 |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.13 |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
| The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| Jul.7 |
M-soft wants to negotiate with new board
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| Jul.2 |
Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jun.30 |
Defense against Icahn taken to investors |
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| Jun.2 |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.22 |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn Yahoo postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense or negotiate a sale to Microsoft
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| May.18 |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.3 |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo| Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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| May.2 |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes Yahoo Inc. is setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titan
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| Apr.24 |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft
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| Apr.5 |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.5 |
Board meeting postponed to stave off bid Yahoo has extended the deadline for nominating members to its board, a move that delays Microsoft from trying a hostile takeover
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| Feb.13 |
Yahoo in talks with News Corp.
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
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| Feb.1 |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
| 2007 |
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| May.4 |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
| 2006 |
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| May.25 |
Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership
| 2005 |
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| Aug.11 |
Yahoo invests $1 billion in China's Alibaba |
| 2004 |
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| Sep.14 |
Yahoo buys jukebox provider Musicmatch |
| 2003 |
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| Jul.14 |
Yahoo buying Overture in $1.6 billion deal |
| 2002 |
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| Dec.23 |
Yahoo Buys Inktomi |
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.18 |
Yahoo testing new home page design Yahoo has started testing a new design for its home page on randomly selected users as part of a strategy to emphasize third-party content
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| Sep.17 |
Google CEO 'committed' to Yahoo ad pact Eric Schmidt defended the deal and said the company expected to implement it, despite signals that the pact might be challenged by feds
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| Sep.11 |
Yahoo to add third-party content
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| Sep.7 |
Ad group opposes Yahoo-Google pact
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| Aug.29 |
Google, Yahoo made ad deal
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| Jul.9 |
Flickr turns to Getty to sell photos
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| Jul.1 |
Google-Yahoo ad deal probed |
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| Jun.12 |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search results
| The agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m in additional revenue every year. Recent Yahoo-Microsoft talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just its online search business
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| May.31 |
e-mail security program gains acceptance |
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| Apr.11 |
Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal. Google
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| Apr.8 |
Flickr photo site adds video
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| Feb.9 |
Yahoo weighs outsourcing ads to Google |
| 2007 |
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| Nov.13 |
Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
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| Nov.5 |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist
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| Oct.16 |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
| 2006 |
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| Dec.5 |
Extensive Shake-Up
| 2005 |
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| May.11 |
Yahoo introduces online music subscription |
| 2001 |
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| Apr.13 |
Yahoo takes adult merchandise off |
| 2000 |
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| Feb.7 |
Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.14 |
Biondi, Chapple new board members Yahoo will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal
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| Aug.5 |
Revised vote reveals disdain for board
|
| Aug.1 |
Board Re-Elected Leadership faced only a smattering of criticism at the annual meeting today over their handling of a failed Microsoft takeover bid
|
| Jul.29 |
Pickens Rips Yahoo Honchos |
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| Jul.21 |
Yahoo, Icahn End Proxy Fight Yahoo is giving billionaire investor and 2 of his nominees seats on an expanded board, ending a high profile-fight for control of the Web po...
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| Jul.19 |
Board won support of major shareholder
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| Jun.26 |
Yahoo shakes up management |
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| Jun.17 |
Shareholder wants to oust 4 from board |
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| Jun.4 |
Icahn tells board to scrap severance plan |
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| Jun.4 |
Investor steps up Yahoo campaign Outraged by new details about Yahoo efforts to complicate Microsoft takeover bid, Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be ...
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| May.21 |
T. Boone Pickens joins proxy contest
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| May.15 |
Icahn Picks 10 Directors Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft
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| May.4 |
CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft
| 2007 |
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| Jun.18 |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
| 2001 |
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| Apr.17 |
Yahoo! names CEO |
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| Mar.7 |
Yahoo! CEO to step down |
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.4 |
Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
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| Jul.3 |
Shares soar on new takeover rumor |
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| Jun.10 |
Yahoo woos shareholders |
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| May.13 |
Icahn considering attempt to oust board
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| May.5 |
Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.23 |
CEO Upbeat Despite 2Q Results |
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| Apr.22 |
Earnings slightly exceed expectations
| 2006 |
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| Jul.18 |
2Q Profit Meets Analysts' Estimates |
| 2004 |
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| Oct.12 |
3rd-quarter profit nearly quadruples |
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| Jul.7 |
2nd-quarter profit more than doubles |
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| Apr.7 |
First-quarter profit doubles |
| 2003 |
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| Oct.8 |
Profits doubled again
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| Jul.9 |
$50.8 million profit, rosier prospects |
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| Apr.9 |
Yahoo reports another profit |
| 2002 |
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| Oct.9 |
3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
| 2001 |
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| Jul.11 |
Earnings edge forecast, shares rise |
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| 2008 |
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| Oct.5 |
Google And Yahoo Ad Deal Delayed
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.24 |
Chron, Yahoo! Team On Ads |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.29 |
Yahoo to lay off 1,000. Profit Drops 23% |
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| Jan.21 |
Yahoo expected to cut hundreds of jobs |
| 2001 |
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| Nov.15 |
Yahoo to cut 400 jobs |
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| Apr.11 |
Yahoo cutting 12% work force |
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.9 |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
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| Feb.4 |
Google offers to help Yahoo
| 2005 |
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| Jan.18 |
Quarter profit nearly triples on strong ads |
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