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Yahoo buys 17-year British whiz-kid's news summary app for reported $30 mn
26 Mar 2013
Last year D'Aloisio invented Summly, a software that automatically reduces lengthy news stories and features into a user-friendly format on an iPhone
After Yahoo, Best Buy to relook telecommunting
07 Mar 2013
Yahoo acquires social news start-up Snip.it
23 Jan 2013
Yahoo Inc yesterday acquired social news start-up Snip.it for an undisclosed sum, its latest acquisition of a start-up under new CEO Marissa Mayer.
Mexican court orders Yahoo to pay $2.7 bn over breach of yellow-pages listings contract
01 Dec 2012
Yahoo de Mexico had in 2003 signed a deal with Ideas Interactivas to bring out `Yahoo! Páginas Útiles’, a directory on local businesses and discount offers, which never took off
Yahoo to exit South Korea
19 Oct 2012
Yahoo rethinks plan of rewarding investors
11 Aug 2012
The surprise announcement by new chief executive Marissa Mayer has once again laid the stage for a confrontation between the board and the Yhoo's investors
Yahoo looks to its tormentor Marissa Mayer for succor
17 Jul 2012
Mayer is assuming office at Yahoo today, when the company is scheduled to report its quarterly financial results.
Unknown hacker group leaks 4.5 lakh Yahoo passwords
13 Jul 2012
Yahoo said that the compromised data is old and less than 5 per cent or under 22,500 users are affected by the hack
Yahoo, Facebook end patent dispute; launch advertising alliance
09 Jul 2012
The agreements include a patent portfolio cross-licence under which Yahoo and Facebook form a strategic advertising partnership and distribution arrangements
Yahoo teams up with CNBC for financial content
13 Jun 2012
Yahoo to sell 20% in Alibaba for $7.1 bn
21 May 2012
Six years after Yahoo! Inc paid over $1 billion to emerge as Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba's biggest investor, it is selling half its stake for $7.1 billion
Yahoo to eliminate 2,000 jobs: report
04 Apr 2012
The layoffs, expected to be announced before the stock market opens for trading in New York today, will affect up to 14 per cent of its global workforce
Yahoo mulling major job cuts: report
06 Mar 2012
Yahoo is considering a major restructuring including the elimination of thousands of jobs, as part of its new CEO Scott Thompson's plans to recover the glory of the stumbling internet giant
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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