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- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $6.9B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $660.0M
- Market Cap
- May 13 2008
- $36.5B
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Icahn eyes Yahoo!--Rumour
Fresh from its battle fending off Microsoft, Yahoo! may soon face another takeover attack--this time from billionaire investor Carl Icahn.Several media sources are reporting that Icahn is scooping up Yahoo! stock in apparent preparation for an attempt to replace the internet company's board of directors with his own candidates....
Ichan buys Yahoo! stake in proxy threat
Billionaire investor, Carl Ichan, has bought up to 50m shares in Yahoo! and may be set to launch a proxy battle to replace the internet firm's board, report CNBC and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The 3.5% stake, worth roughly USD1.3bn, has reportedly been amassed in the last two...
Icahn plans Yahoo! proxy fight - Rumour
Billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, has bought up to 50m shares in Yahoo! and may be set to launch a proxy battle to replace the internet firm's board, report CNBC and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The 3.5% stake, worth roughly USD1.3bn, has reportedly been amassed in the last two...
HP to Buy EDS in Challenge to IBM
By Franklin Paul NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) plans to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems (EDS) to better compete against IBM (IBM), but Wall Street questioned whether the $12.6 billion (6.5 billion pound) deal for a slow-growing company was overpriced. HP...
HP Challenges IBM With $12.6 Billion EDS Deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ) has struck a deal to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) for $12.6 billion, seeking to boost its technology services business to better compete against market leader IBM (IBM). The companies said the deal values EDS...
Lycos Europe seeks US or Asian firm for buyout deal
Lycos Europe is looking to foreign companies for a buyout offer, following the loss-making firm's announced last month that it has hired Dresdner Kleinwort to advise it on its options. Lycos Europe CEO, Christoph Mohn, tells the Financial Times that the firm could be a valuable way for an...
Yahoo! buys search plugin for Apple's Safari
Yahoo! has bought Inquisitor, a search assistant for Apple's web-browser Safari. Inquisitor provides real-time search results that appear in a pop-down window while users are typing their query. It also orders results based on the user's history and provides advanced search refinement options. The startup has recently released an...
Powerset launches semantic search amid rumours of Microsoft bid
Microsoft is rumoured to be interested in Powerset, a semantic search startup launching this week after nearly two years in the making, says news site CNET. Dave Wehner, of investment bank Allen & Co, is reportedly helping the company review its options including a sale, adds tech blog TechCrunch....
Yahoo! buys Safari search plugin
Yahoo! is acquiring Inquisitor, a search assistant for Apple's web-browser Safari, for an undisclosed sum. Inquisitor provides real-time search results that appear in a pop-down window while users type their query. It orders results based on the user's history and provides advanced search refinement options. The startup recently released...
Sorrell Says It's a Shame Microsoft-Yahoo Talks Failed
NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - The advertising industry lost a potential balancing influence in the Web search market when deal talks between Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO) broke down, the chief of ad services group WPP (WPP) said on Fr
MySpace partners with Yahoo!, eBay and Twitter for ?data availability’
MySpace is announcing a ?data availability’ initiative that will see users able to share their MySpace data across a series of partner sites, including Yahoo!, eBay, Twitter and Photobucket. Although the move does not represent full data portability, with MySpace a member of the Data Portability...
MySpace to share data with Yahoo!, eBay, Twitter and more
MySpace is partnering with sites including Yahoo!, eBay, Twitter and Photobucket to share its data across the different networks. The 'data availability' initiative is the social network's first step in supporting full data portability, which uses open source standards to allow free sharing and use of different data and...
Microsoft Frees Rival Slate From Yahoo Commitment
By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Microsoft (MSFT) has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo (YHOO) board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. The...
Google Sees YouTube Products Soon; Warm on Yahoo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG) expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc (YHOO), Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on...
MySpace to Let Users Share Profile Across the Net
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's (NWSa) MySpace social network will let users choose to share their public profile information, such as pictures, videos, and text, across the Web to spread its service beyond its own borders. At launch, the...
NYT unveils 25% stake in ad network, quadrantONE
The New York Times Company (NYT) invested USD1.9m for a 25% stake in the newly created online ad network quadrantONE, reveals a filing uncovered by paidContent. quadrantONE was founded in Feb by the NYT, Hearst, Gannett and Tribune, to serve ads on the online versions of the four publishers'...
News Corp Sees U.S. Economy Hurting Advertising
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday stress in the U.S. economy is squeezing advertising budgets, adding that News Corp's (NWSa) Fox Interactive Media would miss an ambitious $1 billion (513 miliion pound) annual revenue goal by 10 percent....
News Corp Sees Economy Hurting Advertising
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday stress in the U.S. economy is squeezing advertising budgets, adding that News Corp's (NWSa) Fox Interactive Media would miss an ambitious $1 billion annual revenue goal by 10 percent. But FIM,...
Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook: Report
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT) gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo Inc (YHOO), the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft's bankers...
Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook-WSJ
SEATTLE (Reuters UK) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT) gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo (YHOO), the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals...
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Yahoo!, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is engaged in the provision of Internet services to its users and advertisers. To its users, Co. provides its owned and operated online properties and services. To its advertisers, Co. provides a range of tools and marketing services designed to enable businesses to reach its 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
Ms. Mary Agnes Wilderotter
Mr. Jerry Yang
Mr. Ronald W. Burkle
Mr. Eric Hippeau
Mr. Vyomesh I. Joshi
Mr. Arthur H. Kern
Mr. Robert A. Kotick
Mr. Edward R. Kozel
Mr. Gary L. Wilson
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701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA
408 349-3300
NAICS Code
Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services: 518
