Yahoo! Inc.
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Yahoo! Selects E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporate Services for Equity Compensation Needs [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 21 hours 3 minutes ago
E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that Yahoo! has selected E*TRADE Corporate Services to administer its employee equity compensation programs. Yahoo! has chosen E*TRADE Corporate Services as their end-to-end provider of stock plan administration services, including E*TRADE Corporate Services’ Equity Edge® product and the participant services and investing tools from E*TRADE Securities.
Yahoo! Announces Open Source Distribution of Traffic Server [Press Release]
Business Wire | 21 days 10 hours 49 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! to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conference [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 11 hours 18 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.
Critical Alerts for Morgan Stanley, Yahoo!, NetApp, Cree, and F5 Networks Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 13 hours 37 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...
Leap Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Three New Members [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 22 hours 8 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today announced that John H. Chapple, Ronald J. Kramer and William A. Roper, Jr. have been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective November 2, 2009. The addition of these new directors brings the number of Leap board members to eight.
Yahoo! Sets Out to Personalize Its Signature Yodel [Press Release]
MarketWire | 41 days 8 hours 38 minutes ago
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/13/09 -- As part of the launch of its global "It's Y!ou" brand campaign in late September, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is giving the yodel back to the people by inviting them to participate in the creation of the next generation of one of its best known brand assets -- the Yahoo! yodel.
Yahoo! Sets Out to Personalize its Signature Yodel [Press Release]
Business Wire | 42 days 1 hour 38 minutes ago
As part of the launch of its global “It’s Y!ou” brand campaign in late September, Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) is giving the yodel back to the people by inviting them to participate in the creation of the next generation of one of its best known brand assets – the Yahoo! yodel.
Free Wi-Fi Now Available in Times Square [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
...or mobile phone, Times Square Alliance and Yahoo! are empowering visitors to do more with the...mmartinez@timessquarenyc.org; Carolyn Clark, Yahoo, +1-917-324-7206,carolync@yahoo-inc.com; Kristen Bothwell, Rubenstein Communications...
Yahoo! s Carol Bartz to Deliver Keynote Address at 2010 CES [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 19 hours 22 minutes ago
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced today that Carol Bartz, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., will deliver a keynote address at the 2010 International CES®. The world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow will take place January 7-10, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Gentiva Health Services, Inc., MetroPCS, Yahoo! Inc., Google and Boeing Company [Press Release]
Business Wire | 32 days 13 hours 8 minutes ago
Zacks Equity Research highlights Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV) as the Bull of the Day and MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Boeing Company (NYSE: BA).
New Three-Tuner Moxi(R) HD DVR and Reduced Pricing for Moxi Multi-Room Packages Unwrapped for Holiday Season [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 23 hours 7 minutes ago
SUWANEE, Ga., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its first product update since acquiring the award-winning Moxi product line from Digeo, Inc. in September, ARRIS
Carl Icahn Announces His Resignation From the Board of Yahoo! [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 31 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago
...Announces His Resignation From the Board of Yahoo! PRNewswire NEW YORK Oct. 23 NEW YORK...he had informed the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. that he was resigning as a director of Yahoo!. Mr. Icahn told the Board that in his...
Levelup.com Selected as Content Partner for Yahoo! Mexico [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 25 days 12 hours 14 minutes ago
...press@buscacorp.com Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global consumer...destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is where millions of...Anecdotal ( http://yodel.yahoo.com/ Photo: http...prnewswire.com Busca Corp, Inc. CONTACT: Ramon Toledo...
Emicus.com Launches to Provide Real Time Information as Hurricane Ida Nears [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 18 hours 35 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...
HR Experts Get Vocal on Industry Hot Topics [Press Release]
MarketWire | 14 days 14 hours 38 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
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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 |

