Yahoo! Inc.

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Symantec powers tech sector gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 25 days 4 hours 29 minutes ago
The U.S. economy returned to growth in the third quarter after four straight quarters of contraction. The News Hub panel and guests say to take the 3.5% GDP growth with a grain of salt.


Brazilian securities hit as gov't levies new tax - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 7 minutes ago
Brazil's Bovespa index dropped 3.5% to 64,895, but pared deeper losses. The broad-based sell-off saw all of the 65 listed shares languish in the red. Shares of stock exchange operator BM&F Bovespa were hit the hardest, registering a fall of 12%.


Parker Hannifin profit drops 71% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 42 minutes ago
At last check, Parker Hannifin /quotes/comstock/13*!ph/quotes/nls/ph (PH 57.59, +2.33, +4.22%) stock was up 3.4% at $57.15, resisting the downturn in the broader market.


US Stocks Recover Some Losses, But Still Within Reach Of Lows - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 7 minutes ago
U.S. stocks pared some of their losses but remained within reach of their intraday lows Tuesday afternoon, hurt by a pullback in energy prices and weak housing data.


Investors rush to pull funds out of Galleon - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 42 minutes ago
Galleon was rocked Friday when the firm's billionaire founder Raj Rajaratnam was charged and arrested for allegedly taking part in what federal prosecutors claim is the largest hedge-fund insider case ever. See full story.


State Street sued over pension-fund trades - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 7 minutes ago
With the overcharges and associated penalties, Brown pegged the estimated damages at more than $200 million.


Google seen posting profit, revenue gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 45 days 12 hours 5 minutes ago
That compares to earnings excluding items of $4.92 a share, and $4 billion in net revenue in the same period last year.


A showdown looms for American savers - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 2 hours 11 minutes ago
Economic soul-searching


SanDisk swings to profit, beating estimates - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
SanDisk 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. Adjusted net income, which excludes one-time charges, was 75 cents a share.


US Stocks Pare Declines But Remain Lower On Disappointing Data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 2 hours 11 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks pared some of their earlier declines in the final hour of Tuesday's session, though they remained in the red thanks to weak housing and producer-price data, as well as disappointing third-quarter revenues.


US Stocks Remain Lower On Disappointing Revenue, Housing Data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours 16 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors continued to pull out of U.S. stocks Tuesday afternoon thanks to weak housing and producer-price data plus disappointing third-quarter revenue, although the declines were not as steep in recent trading as earlier in the session.


Overdraft-fee limits gain support in Congress - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours 2 minutes ago
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and four others are hawking a bill to sharply curb the overdraft fees attached to debit and checking accounts and give consumers a choice in deciding whether they want the bank to cover their overspending or to stop it. Their bill, introduced Monday, parallels one making its rounds in the House as well as new rules being written by the Federal Reserve.


Gold ends up slightly as dollar hovers near lows - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 4 hours 7 minutes ago
Brazilian securities hit as gov't levies new tax


Technology Review: Google scoops up display ad specialist Teracent
MIT Technology Review | 1 hour 32 minutes ago
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ConAgra Foods Partners with Yahoo! to Show Consumers What s So Funny? [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 8 hours 16 minutes ago
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), one of North America’s leading food makers, announced today its plan to engage consumers through the sponsorship of Yahoo!’s new online program, “What’s So Funny?” The one-year commitment will integrate ConAgra Foods brands such as Marie Callender’s®, Healthy Choice® and Orville Redenbacher’s® into the content of the online series, which premiered Nov. 9, on Yahoo! TV.





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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