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Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) is in the Technology Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $6.9B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $660.0M
- Market Cap
- Aug 07 2008
- $27.7B
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The Hollywood Reporter and Yahoo! in content pact
The Hollywood Reporter THR and Yahoo! Entertainment have formed a strategic marketing pact that provides cross-promotional opportunities for both companies. "This partnership allows us to provide passionate users with up-to-the-minute content, news and insight into the movie industry from the...
Microsoft Gets the Blogging Community
Thomas Hawk submits: Interesting article (Official: Microsoft Buys ME Lunch, Gives ME Private Tour!) over at the blog "Save the Intern" from some guy named Ben about a recent run in the blogger had with Microsoft MSFT. So this is kind of crazy. I don’t know if...
Data Dump: Tech Industry Statistics by the Numbers
Seth Gilbert submits: From market research firms and trade groups, there are so many projections, forecasts and numbers thrown to the airwaves that it can become really difficult to keep track. To ease the burden, we periodically consolidate the info to one report. We’ve done comparative stats that put numbers...
What Is Time Warner Going To Do With AOL?
Kevin Maney submits: OK, so at this point AOL's results are so bad they're dragging down Time Warner TWX. But we kind of knew that. Now Time Warner says it's teeing up AOL to be spun off or bought in pieces or as a whole. Microsoft MSFT and Yahoo...
Mobile Content Bits: NBC Mobile Olympics; Patriots Go With Quattro; Yahoo Fantasy Sports Goes Mobile
NBC Taps Starcut To Build Olympics Mobile Website: With the Olympics kicking off tomorrow, I doubt it's just getting started today, but NBC announced that its mobile website for Olympics coverage will be built by Starcut, a company that's made deals with at least 25 major brands since it...
Can the Potential Yahoo/Microsoft Marriage Be Saved?
Diane Mermigas submits: Corporate credibility has been the big loser in Yahoo's YHOO ongoing saga to find itself. Yahoo's board of directors meets August 15 to appoint two new members who will join activist investor Carl Icahn in providing a so-called minority checks and balance. Two of the leading candidates...
Enough on Yahoo Already
There was Microsoft. Then Carl Ichan. Then the vindication at a shareholders meeting. Isn't it time for Yahoo to get a break? Apparently, not. It now turns out that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock did not get the resounding affirmation rates of of 85.4...
Yahoo, Google, Microsoft Try Not Being Evil
Google's informal motto is a simple one, "don't be evil." It has certainly helped the hipster search giant's reputation among, well, hipster Web searchers, though the company hasn't always lived up to its ideal. Take for example the company's alleged complicity with China's Golden Shield Project, which monitors Internet traffic...
Yahoo: All Over But the Shouting?
Yahoo: All Over But the Shouting?You should update your numbers, Petehttp://resources.bnet.com/topic/yahoo%2521+inc..htmlCEO Yang and Chairman Bostock got far fewer endorsements than intially reported.
Yang, Bostock Not as Popular as They Previously Thought
Sam Gustin submits: How could the Yahoo YHOO shareholder tally possibly have been this screwed up, given that the proxy vote was the most anticipated and scrutinized supposedly of the year? I also find it hard to believe that no one at Yahoo might have thought the vote...
Icahn Joins Yahoo Board Turning Up Heat For Deal
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Yahoo Inc's YHOO board confirmed billionaire investor Carl Icahn as a director, while board member Robert Kotick tendered his resignation as part of a previously announced deal, the company said on Wednesday. In a filing with U.S. securities...
Icahn Joins Yahoo Board, Turning Up Heat For Deal
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's YHOO board confirmed billionaire investor Carl Icahn as a director, while board member Robert Kotick tendered his resignation as part of a previously announced deal, the company said on Wednesday. In a filing with...
Time Warner to Split AOL in Two, Beats Estimates
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc TWX said it would split AOL's dial-up Internet and advertising businesses into separate divisions by early 2009, a move that could make a sale or merger of either business easier. The media conglomerate...
Yahoo Recount Shows How Close Yang, Bostock Came to Being Ousted
Erick Schonfeld submits: Yahoo’s YHOO retally of its shareholder votes shows the deep-seated anger among shareholders and how close CEO Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock were to being ousted from the board of directors. The votes had to be recounted after one of Yahoo’s largest shareholders, Capital Research...
Search Gaining on Email as Universal Activity
Jason Kincaid submits: The Pew Internet Project has released a report detailing the search habits of Americans, and they confirm what many of us already know: Internet search has become a part of daily life for many people, to the point that it is challenging the dominance of Email,...
Yang, Bostock Lose Big In Yahoo Recount
The recount is in at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and the decline in support for key figures was not trivial at all. The percentage of shares withheld for Roy Boystock basically doubled to 39.6 percent from 20.5 percent. Votes withheld for Yang grew to 33.7 from 14.6 percent. Does it...
New Yahoo Election Tally Reveals Big Protest Vote
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Yahoo YHOO on Tuesday released a recount of the vote for its board that revealed a strong protest vote against five of nine directors, including Chief Executive Jerry Yang. The Internet company said revised vote tallies showed 33.7...
New Yahoo Election Tally Reveals Big Protest Vote
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc YHOO on Tuesday released a recount of the vote for its board that revealed a strong protest vote against five of nine directors, including Chief Executive Jerry Yang. The Internet company said revised vote...
Vote Counter Confirms Yahoo Error; Outcome Unaffected, But?
Mistakes were in fact made in counting Yahoo's (NSDQ: YHOO) shareholder vote. Tabulator Broadridge Financial Solutions has confirmed that "truncation error" caused an under-reporting of votes, reports WSJ. But the firm notes that the changes would not have affected the actual outcome. Word first surfaced yesterday that major shareholder...
Questions About Yahoo Shareholder Vote (UPDATED)
I thought we all had finally hit Yahoo saturation, at least so far as the shareholder meeting and proxy vote went. But no, there is apparently more squabbling on the horizon, with questions raised about the accuracy of the vote counting. by Erik Sherman
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- Incorporated: 1995
- CEO: Mr. Jerry Yang
Yahoo!, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is engaged in the provision of Internet services to users, advertisers, publishers, and developers. To users, Co. provides its owned and operated online properties and services. To advertisers and publishers, Co. provides a range of tools and marketing services designed to enable businesses to reach their users. To developers, Co. provides an array of Web Services and Application Programming Interfaces, technical resources, tools, and channels to market. Co.'s offerings to users and businesses fall into five categories: Front Doors; Search; Communications and Communities; Media; and Connected Life.
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Yahoo! Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Roy J. Bostock
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Jerry Yang
Mr. Ronald W. Burkle
Mr. Eric Hippeau
Mr. Carl C. Icahn
Mr. Vyomesh I. Joshi
Mr. Arthur H. Kern
Mr. Gary L. Wilson
Ms. Mary Agnes Wilderotter
Contact Information
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA
408 349-3300
NAICS Code
Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services: 518
