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Investor against selling Yahoo piecemeal

A man drives a Mini Cooper with a Yahoo! logo in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, Feb. 1, 2008. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has voiced opposition to attempts by AOL veteran Jonathan Miller or anyone else acquiring Yahoo Inc. piecemeal, it was reported on Thursday.  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Icahn, who is a Yahoo board member, said... Read more

Microsoft CEO rules out Yahoo buyout

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday dismissed the possibility of buying out Yahoo, sending Yahoo shares diving by 14 percent. Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang declines to speak to a reporter at the 26th annual Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 10, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)“Let me be clear,” Ballmer said at Microsoft’s... Read more

Yahoo opens resources for Vietnamese programmers

VietNamNet Bridge – Yahoo on Wednesday introduced more than 250,000 application programming interfaces (API) for the community of Vietnamese programmers. Chang Sau Sheong, Technical Director of Yahoo Southeast Asia, said the opening of resources is a global trend that all big technology groups in the world are pursuing.VietNamNet Bridge – Yahoo on... Read more

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang announced Monday that he is stepping down after a turbulent year and a half of running the Internet giant. Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang declines to speak to a reporter at the 26th annual Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 10, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Yang, 40, told employees in a memo that he will continue as CEO until a replacement... Read more

Microsoft CEO rules out another bid to buyout Yahoo

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has said his company would not make another bid to buyout Internet firm Yahoo, it was reported on Friday. “We made an offer, we made another offer, and it was clear that Yahoo didn’t want to sell the business to us and we moved on,” said Ballmer, quoted by the Wall Street Journal. “We... Read more

Yahoo does not violate rules on digital content: ministry

VietNamNet Bridge – Yahoo has not violated Vietnamese regulations on digital content supply as accused by the Vietnam Software Association (Vinasa), according to the Ministry of Information and Communication.  Customers use services at an Internet café in HCM City.Vinasa accused Yahoo Vietnam of owning websites and acting as an online services provider... Read more

Yahoo to build new data center in Nebraska

Internet giant Yahoo Inc. announced on Friday an at least 100 million U.S. dollar project to open a new data center in the state of Nebraska. The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)It will take four years to finish the project which is expected to create at least 100 jobs with a minimum average salary... Read more

Yahoo cuts 10% workforce to cut costs

Yahoo said Tuesday that it would cut at least 10 percent of its workforce, or 1,500 workers, as its business continued to falter in the third quarter. The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Investors, disappointed by its performance, had continued to sell the company’s shares which closed the... Read more

Yahoo to announce more jobs cuts as industry braces for tough economy

Yahoo is expected to announce more job cuts when it reports third-quarter earnings next week, as Silicon Valley’s Internet companies scramble to streamline themselves to face a tough economy, sources said Saturday. The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)The Internet portal giant is likely... Read more

Google, Yahoo delay ad partnership due to federal investigations

Internet giants Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to delay implementing an advertising partnership to give the United States’ Department of Justice time to finish investigating the proposed deal, said the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday. In a statement issued on Friday, Google said: “When we announced our advertising agreement with Yahoo... Read more