Yahoo! Inc.
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Levelup.com Selected as Content Partner for Yahoo! Mexico [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 25 days 1 hour 29 minutes ago
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Emicus.com Launches to Provide Real Time Information as Hurricane Ida Nears [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
As Hurricane Ida approaches land, a new website, Emicus.com is available to help people prepare, react and recover from the storm. Emicus.com is an easy-to-use website that combines official government information and news coverage with user-generated images, videos and reports to provide a wealth of helpful information. Emicus.com provides real time, accurate information about Hurricane Ida including preparedness tips, Red Cross shelter locations, gas availability, water and sandbag distribu...
The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 11 hours 10 minutes ago
We're No. 6! OK, so it's not really something worth boasting about, but at least the U.S. can claim its retirement-income system is better than at least five others, according to a first-of-its-kind study ranking the retirement-income systems of 11 countries. See Robert Powell.
IBM, AMD lead tech sector retreat - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 8 hours 34 minutes ago
"With the loss situation projected to continue through 2010 despite improved sales and margin estimates, we recommend investors remain on the sidelines with AMD pending evidence of significant improvement in operational performance," Thomas Weisel Partners analyst Kevin Cassidy said in a note. See story on AMD results.
Stryker profit down 16%, sales flat - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 2 hours 59 minutes ago
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Seagate earnings climb to $179 million - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours ago
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U.S. stocks end lower after housing starts stall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours ago
C.H. Robinson profit up as trucking sales rise
SanDisk swings to a third-quarter profit - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - SanDisk Corp. on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit of $231.3 million, or 99 cents a share, compared with a loss of $165.9 million, or 74 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue was $935.2 million, up from $821.5 million for the same period last year. Adjusted income, which excludes one-time charges, was 75 cents a share. Analysts had expected the Milpitas, Calif.-based chip maker to report earnings of 26 cents a share, on revenue of $790.9 milli...
HR Experts Get Vocal on Industry Hot Topics [Press Release]
MarketWire | 14 days 3 hours 53 minutes ago
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- Ten very opinionated thought leaders in human resources have voiced their views in a virtual forum released by Halogen Software today. Halogen's
Microsoft profit falls 18%, but tops expectations - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 10 hours 8 minutes ago
In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Microsoft said net income slipped to $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue fell 14% to $12.92 billion.
Google buying display advertising start-up
Washington Post, The | 2 hours 11 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.
Google's buying display advertising start-up
Reuters | 1 hour 35 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc (GOOG.O) said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology start-up Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O).
Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 5 hours 31 minutes ago
That compares to earnings of 48 cents a share, and $15 billion in revenue in the same period last year, at a time when Microsoft was giving its first indications it expected a heavy impact on its businesses as a result of the economic downturn.
Sun Microsystems to cut another 3,000 jobs - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 2 hours 40 minutes ago
Oracle and Sun reached a buyout deal earlier this year, but the acquisition has come under heavy scrutiny by European Union regulators who have raised concerns that the deal could give Oracle a monopoly on the market for database software, and hinder competition with other technologies.
Acacia Research Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 32 days 3 hours 23 minutes ago
Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2009.
Company Overview
| Company: | Yahoo! Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Internet Search & Navigation Services |
| Website: | http://www.yahoo.com |
Yahoo! wants to spread some cheer to Internet users around the world. A leading online portal, Yahoo! draws people to its network of Web sites with a mix of news, entertainment, and shopping, as well the revitalized Bing search engine (powered by Microsoft). The company also offers registered users personalized Web pages, e-mail, and message boards. Yahoo! publishes content in some 30 languages. It generates most of its revenue through advertising and online marketing sales, but it also charges fees for premium services to some 10 million users. Yahoo! offers broadband Internet access through partnerships with telecommunications firms. In 2008 Yahoo! rejected Microsoft's unsolicited buyout offer.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 7,208.5 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 3.4 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 424.3 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -35.7 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 13,600 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -4.9 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |