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Yahoo unveils slick new 'search browser'

Edward C. Baig USA Today 05/23/2012

Revolving Door: Yahoo Ushers out Another CEO

MICHAEL LIEDTKE ABC News 05/13/2012
Yahoo unveils slick new 'search browser'

Things haven't exactly gone swimmingly for Yahoo, with the recent unceremonious departure of CEO Scott Thompson just the latest string of nasty news. But the beleaguered Internet company hopes consumers will focus on new product offerings rather than the machinations in and around the executive suite. On Wednesday night Yahoo unveiled Yahoo! Axis, a slick new mobile browser and desktop browser plug-in that lets you view visual search thumbnails of webpages, without leaving the page you're on.

Revolving Door: Yahoo Ushers out Another CEO

Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received. The troubled Internet company's next challenge will be convincing its restless shareholders and demoralized employees that the turnaround work started during Thompson's tumultuous four-month stint as CEO won't be wasted.

Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo

Peter Lauria and Nadia Damouni Yahoo! News Canada 10/05/2011

PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo

Jennifer Saba Reuters 09/16/2011
Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo

Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.

PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo

The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes.

Yahoo! board removes Carol Bartz as CEO

Scott Budman NBC Bay Area 09/06/2011
Yahoo! board removes Carol Bartz as CEO

Reports Tuesday night have Carol Bartz out as Yahoo's CEO. The news ends a tumultuous 30-month reign for the former Autodesk CEO.

Yahoo!'s CEO Carol Bartz tells Techcrunch Blogger Michael Arrington to F-off

Yahoo!'s CEO Carol Bartz is known via Fake Carol Bartz on Twitter for getting off the occasional "F-bomb." But even with that, one doesn't actually expect a person to live up to a Twitter persona created by someone else. Not the case with Carol Bartz; she did.

'Google tax' proposed on web firms' online ad revenue in France

Online giants including Google and Yahoo are facing a tax on advertising revenue in France under controversial proposals being examined by Nicolas Sarkozy to help save creative industries from a "free-for-all" internet culture.

Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo unite against Google

Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google's attempt to create what could be the world's largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive.

Microsoft, Yahoo Confirm Search Partnership Deal

The Wall Street Journal 07/30/2009

Yahoo to close GeoCities this year

Los Angeles Times 04/23/2009
Microsoft, Yahoo Confirm Search Partnership Deal

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said they would enter into a 10-year search partnership agreement as the companies look to combine forces to take on industry giant Google Inc. (GOOG).

Yahoo to close GeoCities this year

Yahoo Inc. said Thursday that it would shut down its GeoCities free Web-hosting service after paying about $3 billion for the unit in 1999.


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