Yahoo! Inc.
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Yahoo! to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conference [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 8 hours 31 minutes ago
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced that Dev Patel, vice president of Custom Solutions for the North America region, and David Kopp, senior director, Ad Products, will participate in a question and answer session at the Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit. The session is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
Yahoo returns to make its case to Wall Street - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 9 days 13 hours 32 minutes ago
"I hope we have earned the right for you to be impressed," Chief Executive Carol Bartz told analysts, after a series of presentations by company executives designed to illustrate the company's technological prowess and plans for increasing sales and profitability.
Critical Alerts for Morgan Stanley, Yahoo!, NetApp, Cree, and F5 Networks Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 10 hours 50 minutes ago
Critical Alerts for Morgan Stanley, Yahoo!, NetApp, Cree, and F5 Networks Released by Seven...Alerts cover the following stocks: Morgan Stanley , Yahoo! Inc. , NetApp, Inc. , Cree Inc. , and F5 Networks Inc. . In today...
Yahoo! Announces Open Source Distribution of Traffic Server [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 8 hours 2 minutes ago
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, took its second major step in five months towards open-source cloud computing today, debuting an open source version of Traffic Server, a high performance application server for builders of cloud services. Traffic Server enables the session management, authentication, configuration management, load balancing, and routing for an entire cloud computing stack. It follows the Yahoo! Distribution of Hadoop as another example of Yahoo!’s...
Yahoo posts sharp profit gain for third quarter - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 10 hours 38 minutes ago
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had estimated Yahoo would post third-quarter earnings of 7 cents a share, and $1.12 billion in net revenue.
Ad agency group praises Microsoft, Yahoo pact - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 12 hours 2 minutes ago
"We believe that Yahoo and Microsoft's proposal to combine their technologies and search platforms is good for advertisers, marketing services agencies, Web site publishers and consumers," the American Association of Advertising Agencies said in a statement.
Yahoo expected to report drop in earnings, revenue - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 16 hours 58 minutes ago
Wall Street analysts polled by Thomson Reuters predict that Yahoo will post earnings of 7 cents a share for the period ended in September, and $1.12 billion in net revenue. That compares to earnings of 9 cents a share, and $1.33 billion in net revenue in the same period last year.
Yahoo third-quarter profit triples amid cost cuts - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 18 hours 28 minutes ago
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo said net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to $187 million, or 13 cents a share, from $54.3 million, or 4 cents a share, in the third quarter last year. Net revenue was $1.13 billion.
Activist investor Icahn resigns from Yahoo board - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 9 hours 7 minutes ago
"Carol is doing a great job and I believe the Microsoft transaction will provide great long term benefits, the potential of which many still do not understand," Icahn wrote in a letter of resignation.
Yahoo, SanDisk results due during evening session - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 11 hours 33 minutes ago
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect earnings of 7 cents a share on $1.12 billion in net revenue. In the year-ago period, Yahoo earned 9 cents a share on $1.33 billion in net revenue. See full Yahoo earnings preview.
Carl Icahn resigns from Yahoo board - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
Carl Icahn says late Friday he is resigning from the board of directors at Yahoo Inc. because he is no longer needed at the Internet company. See full story.
Yahoo posts sharp increase in third-quarter profit - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 10 hours 58 minutes ago
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Cisco, Qualcomm lead broad tech advance - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 2 days 15 hours 1 minute ago
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On the verge of independence, AOL weighs on parent - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 10 hours 34 minutes ago
"More than half of the total revenue decline was a result of the continued drop in AOL subscription revenue" and changes in foreign currency exchange rates, Time Warner Chief Financial Officer John Martin said during a conference call with analysts. AOL lost 438,000 subscribers in the period.
Apple, Caterpillar, Barclays and Yahoo in focus - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 18 hours 27 minutes ago
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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 |