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Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services.
Financier Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.'s largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company down a percentage point to a 4.5 percent stake.
A chronology of key events leading to Microsoft Corp.'s deal with rival Yahoo Inc.:
Carol Bartz has already shown off her cost-cutting skills in her first six months as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive.
Clothing maker Levi Strauss & Co. on Thursday said it would hire Yahoo Inc.'s Blake Jorgensen as chief financial officer and executive vice president, effective July 1.
Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms — including "boatloads of money."
Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter results tread familiar ground as the Internet company's financial erosion triggered another round of layoffs and management promised better days ahead.
After spending six weeks diagnosing Yahoo Inc.'s troubles, new Chief Executive Carol Bartz started to prescribe a cure Thursday with a management shake-up that will usher out the Internet company's chief financial officer.
Yahoo Inc.'s employees will forgo their usual pay raises this year as the slumping Internet company struggles to boost its profits in a brutal recession.
Brandishing a disdain for things that aren't working, Carol Bartz clearly intends to shake up Yahoo Inc. as the new chief executive of the long-slumping Internet company.
A large Yahoo Inc. shareholder has joined a growing chorus urging the beleaguered Internet company to set aside its past differences with Microsoft Corp. and renew negotiations to sell its search operations to the spurned suitor.
Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.
Jefferies analyst Youssef Squali cut his price target on Yahoo Inc.'s shares Tuesday morning, due to slower growth in overall online ad spending.
In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings.
With Jerry Yang quitting as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the Internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader.
Yahoo Inc.'s leaders still have jobs despite investor misgivings about their decision making, but at least 1,500 workers will be shown the door after the slumping Internet company's profits tumbled yet again in the third quarter.
AT&T Inc. has become the first U.S. carrier to make Yahoo Inc.'s search engine the default on its cell phones, the companies said Monday.
Yahoo Inc.'s plans to boost its profits in an online advertising partnership with rival Google Inc. could be moving into the crosshairs of the U.S. Justice Department, which has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for a possible legal challenge to the deal.
Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look.
An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
Carl Icahn moved ahead with his attempt to overthrow Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors by submitting his final list of candidates Monday. The nominees remain the same as those he first provided in May, except the list has been whittled from 10 to nine candidates to reflect Yahoo's decision to reduce the size of its board. Here's a look at the incumbents and the Icahn-led opposition:
One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.
Microsoft chief touts Yahoo dealMicrosoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve the bad feeling Yahoo Inc. investors have about the companies' search-advertising partnership.
Posted 03:45 EST, 27, Oct 2008 - TheDeal.com It's the auction that could bring free Internet to the masses.
Sarah Palin's Yahoo! Mail account hacked, password posted to 4chanSarah Palin's Yahoo! Mail account hacked, password posted to 4chan. Excellent summary of the events; screencaps on Wikileaks, discussion on Reddit
Yahoo Buzz Opens Submission SystemA little less than a month ago, Google announced that it had indexed 1 trillion unique URLs. In a slightly apples to oranges comparison, the 400 or so publishers connected to Yahoo Buzz seemed like a tiny group. Now, however, Yahoo Buzz is knocking down all its barriers."
MyBlogLog, a long overdue site redesign!You know in the movies when they get the nerdy girl to untie her ponytail and remove her glasses? All of a sudden she's the hottest chick at school? Yeah, it's kinda like that. We always knew MyBlogLog was one hot little number, now she's got the look to prove it.
Jerry Yang on Icahn AnnouncementToday, Yahoo! moves past a distracting proxy contest.
Joshua Schachter, delicious founder, Leaving YahooWe just got confirmation from Joshua Schachter, the founder of delicious, that he has decided to resign from Yahoo!. Mike Arrington just spoke to him and he said that the recent news coming out of Yahoo! pressed his decision to leave now.
Flickr Founders Flee Yahoo!Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield are leaving Yahoo. Butterfield -- who submitted an odd Onion-esque resignation letter -- will leave the company in July. Fake's last day was on Friday, according to a Yahoo spokesperson.
Yahoo already had plans to reject Microsoft bidYahoo drew up a plan to reject a Microsoft takeover bid months before its $45bn ($22.9bn) offer, according to newly released court documents revealing the lengths the company went to in its attempts to avoid being swallowed up by the technology giant.
Yahoo! sues over lottery phishing scamYahoo has filed suit against unnamed "lottery spammers" who tried to fool people into thinking that they won a prize from Yahoo so they'd share passwords, credit card numbers, or other sensitive information.
The Big Four Fight; Everyone Else Wins Here's a very short recap of the internet love rectangle story so far.
Video on Flickr!Video! Video! Video! The rumours are true and "soon" is now. We're thrilled to introduce video on Flickr. If you're a pro member, you can now share videos up to 90 glorious seconds in your photostream.
Microsoft Gives Yahoo 3 Weeks For 'Definitive Agreement' To BuyoutMicrosoft's CEO Steve Ballmer spent some quality time with his negotiations team over the past few hours and considered the actions of Yahoo concerning the $44.6 billion bid issued publicly back in February, and has come to a conclusion: enough is enough.
OpenSocial continues to grow: Welcome, Yahoo!Today we're pleased that Yahoo! has announced its support for OpenSocial. We're looking forward to having Yahoo! users join the hundreds of millions of people who will soon enjoy OpenSocial applications.
Yahoo joins Google's OpenSocialYahoo Inc said on Tuesday that it supports a program by archrival Google Inc to develop applications for social networks and will help create a joint foundation to keep it alive.
Yahoo! Ditching London For SwitzerlandThe European headquarters for Yahoo's operations will be boxing up all of their purple goodies and shifting offices out of the UK.
Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different PreyIn pursuing Yahoo, not SAP, the software giant may be moving far from what it knows best.
Microsoft Said to Plan Proxy Fight for YahooIn part of a hard-nosed takeover campaign that Microsoft began two weeks ago, the company has begun preparing for a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's directors.
They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by SideEquipped with cellphones and Wi-Fi, young people who work independently are banding together in shared spaces.
Of All the Hurdles to a Merger, View on Technology Is the HighestA smooth integration will not be a matter of simply swapping one set of software or hardware for another. It may hinge on changing deep-seated mind-sets.
Yahoo Acquires Ad Technology CompanyYahoo said it has paid $160 million to acquire Maven Networks, an Internet company that sells a system for managing advertisements in online videos.
Yahoo Expected to Reject Microsoft's Takeover BidYahoo's board decided that Microsoft's $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues the company, people involved said.
Yahoo Expected to Reject Microsoft's Takeover OfferYahoo's board decided that Microsoft's $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues Yahoo, people involved in the discussions said.
Yahoo Board to Reject Microsoft BidYahoo Inc.'s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited $44.6 billion offer to acquire the Web giant, a person familiar with the situation says.
Yahoo board to spurn $44B Microsoft bidYahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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