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- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $6.9B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $660.0M
- Market Cap
- Jul 23 2008
- $28.0B
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Rick Gombos Follows Cadogan from Yahoo to OpenX
Long-time Yahoo Search Marketing strategy and finance man Rick Gombos has followed his boss, search marketing pioneer, Tim Cadogan, to OpenX. Cadogan jumped the Yahoo ship back in February to head up OpenX, an open source advertising community for Web publishers. ...
For Google and Yahoo, Japan Could be the Next China Syndrome
Google and Yahoo could soon be facing the same kinds of ethical and strategic dilemmas in Japan that they have faced in China. A Japanese government panel convened by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recently proposed that the government regulate Web content, much like it does television and...
Yahoo's Brain Drain Continues
At Yahoo, it's another day, another re-org. Tim Cadogan, Yahoo's S.V.P. of Global Advertising Marketplaces, has resigned, the latest hemorrhage in the ongoing brain drain from the progenitor of search advertising. The smart, affable Brit had successfully spearheaded the company's "Panama" effort, which wholly...
Is Yahoo Playing Not to Lose?
After reading my little rant about Yahoo losing its mojo, James Whitley over at GoLifeMoble.com wrote a very thoughtful riff on it. "What caught my attention [about Mattis' rant]," says Whitley, "was the all-too-familiar telltale signs of an organization that had lost its way." ...
Yahoo's Bottomless Bureaucratic Maw; or, a Story of Management Meltdown
Yesterday my former boss's boss at Yahoo was sacked. His sacking – the first in a series of lay-offs that will see at least 1,000 others fall to the axe – even appeared in a "so it begins" post on Valleywag. My first reaction as a recent former Yahoo was...
The Urge to Merger
Any merger can be a bit of a sticky wicket. One like the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger can be downright labyrinthine. There are so many roadblocks to overcome. Today, for example, Google, Yahoo's chief competitor in the online ad space, stepped in and actually offered to help...
You Tell Us: What Will Become of the Microsoft-Yahoo Merger?
Microsoft today offered more than $44 billion to acquire Yahoo, Inc. Will it work? Will it be nixed by the Feds? Or will "Microhoo" become Google 2.0 and crush its erstwhile competitors. It seems it's all pretty much up in the air right now. Vote in this poll and tell...
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Maps are redefining the world
Q: Who are "the new geographers" and how are they redefining how we look at and get around in the world? A: Digital maps are booming, two-dimensional computerized representations of the world that are generating scores of new words and phrases, says Paul McFedries in IEEE Spectrum...
Omniture SiteCatalyst Implemented at Yahoo! Japan
Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR), a leading provider ofonline business optimization software, today announced that the company hasimplemented Omniture SiteCatalyst for Yahoo! Japan to increase salesand customer satisfaction across their Yahoo! Shopping sites. Yahoo!Shopping, a major Japanese ecommerce destination, is part of Yahoo! Japanwhich is...
News, KSL are big draws online
A pair of Utah media Web sites were among the top 10 most-used online destinations in June, according to Nielsen Online. Data for June indicates that Deseret News was seventh-ranked on the list of top online current events and global news destinations, ranked by the number of...
Growth Stock Alert for Wednesday, July 16, 2008: LGDI Working With India's Largest Fertilizer Company!
TheSUBWAY.com announces the following stocks toits Action List: Legend International Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: LGDI), Yahoo!Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO), SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), Baidu.com, Inc.(NASDAQ: BIDU). Visit TheSUBWAY's Small Cap Investor Forum Here: http://investor-forum.thesubway.com/ Legend International Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: LGDI), with phosphate projectsin the State of Queensland, Australia, announced...
Yahoo! Selects TrafficCast to Enhance Yahoo! Map Interactivity with Real-Time Traffic Data
TrafficCast's Dynaflow Technology to Provide Traffic Information For Top 100 Markets on maps.yahoo.com MADISON, Wis. -- Strengthening its position as a leader in next-generation traffic information, TrafficCast International, Inc. today announced it has extended its exclusive partnership with Yahoo! Inc. to supply real-time and forecasted road speed information...
Nexstar Broadcasting Names Todd Porch Senior Vice President, eMedia
Former Yahoo! Executive Brings 18 Years of Sales and Operations Management to Lead Nexstar's eMedia Platform IRVING, Texas -- Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) today announced the appointment of Todd A. Porch, 40, to the position of Senior Vice President of eMedia. The appointment, effective July 14,...
Google-Yahoo tie-up draws fire on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON AFP — A proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo drew fire at a Senate antitrust hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses. Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel Brad Smith delivered a scathing assessment of the...
Paul Levine Joins Zvents Board of Directors
Zvents , a local search and advertising network featuringevent listings to promote local businesses, today announced that PaulLevine, Vice President of Marketing of AdBrite , has joined Zvents' board ofdirectors. "We're very pleased that Paul has joined our board," said Ethan Stock,Zvents CEO and co-founder. "Paul's considerable experience...
HealthOpinVI: Recession Causing Stress, Tough Choices on Healthcare
Survey of 10,000 Shows Economic Fears Could be Harming America's Health JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- With many Americans convinced that the country is officially in the midst of a recession, some are turning to vices such as drinking, smoking or eating to cope with this stress, according to...
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TV *Fans of A&E's The Two Coreys can play a "Corey vs. Corey" game on the show's site. Check it out at aetv.com/the-two-coreys/corey-vs-corey-ame/index.jsp. *The first 10 minutes of Comedy Central's new series, Reality Bites Back, are online at comedycentral.com/shows/reality_ bites_back/index.jhtml. It premieres Thursday at...
Yahoo!-Google Partnership to Raise Cost for Marketers, Keyword Prices on Yahoo! Could Jump over 20% According to SearchIgnite Report
ATLANTA -- New data reveals that Yahoo!'s decision to outsource some of its search advertising to Google will likely raise average keyword prices on Yahoo! for most marketers. The findings come from the latest quarterly study released today from SearchIgnite, a leading provider of search and auction-based media optimization technology...
Lawsuits can be righteous, low, symbolic, pestiferous—many things
Lawsuits can be righteous, low, symbolic, pestiferous--many things. Recently, an outfit called the Southwestern Legal Foundation filed a complaint against Yahoo! Why the complaint? Because the gaily named company supplied information about human-rights and democracy activists to the Chinese government--whereupon said government did very bad things to said activists (e.g.,...
Icahn Issues Open Letter to Shareholders of Yahoo!
NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Carl Icahn today issued the following open letter to Yahoo! shareholders. ICAHN PARTNERS LP ...
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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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Board of Directors
Mr. Roy J. Bostock
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Jerry Yang
Mr. Ronald W. Burkle
Mr. Eric Hippeau
Mr. Vyomesh I. Joshi
Mr. Arthur H. Kern
Mr. Gary L. Wilson
Ms. Mary Agnes Wilderotter
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408 349-3300