Yahoo! Inc.
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The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 38 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 22 hours 2 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 16 hours 27 minutes ago
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U.S. stocks end lower after housing starts stall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 28 minutes ago
C.H. Robinson profit up as trucking sales rise
Seagate earnings climb to $179 million - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 28 minutes ago
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SanDisk swings to a third-quarter profit - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 28 minutes 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 17 hours 21 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 23 hours 36 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.
Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 18 hours 59 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.
Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search
Yahoo! | 1 day 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.
Sun Microsystems to cut another 3,000 jobs - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 8 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 16 hours 51 minutes ago
Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2009.
Illinois Tool Works' profit cut by a third - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 17 hours 37 minutes ago
The company posted a profit of $302.4 million, or 60 cents a share, down from $453.5 million, or 87 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter.
Intuitive Surgical third-quarter profit rises - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 8 minutes ago
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U.S. stock futures point to second straight dip - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 2 hours 40 minutes ago
S&P 500 futures fell 5.7 points to 1,083.70 and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 8.5 points to 1,749.70. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 47 points.
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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 |