internet search

Yahoo's ultimate search--a new CEO

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 2:00am

Internet search pioneer Yahoo is about to embark on one of its most important searches, finding its next CEO. Will Microsoft executives be in candidates pool?



 

Yahoo shares plummet post Ballmer comments

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 10:24am

Microsoft's CEO makes it clear a merger is not in the cards for Redmond and Yahoo, sending the Internet search pioneer's stock down as much as 16.5 percent.



 

Yahoo's top U.S. Web sites get traffic help from Google search

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:57pm

A fresh look at Yahoo's search results Thursday by Hitwise Intelligence raises the question of whether Yahoo could survive just fine without its search engine.



 

Icahn kicks off week with scathing questions for Yahoo

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:13am

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn kicked off the week Monday with scathing questions for Yahoo, as his proxy fight heats up with roughly eight weeks to go before Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting.

In the latest salvo, Icahn presses Yahoo to answer his previous questions as to why the Internet search

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Yahoo shareholder decides to bow out of launching proxy fight

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 1:26pm

Yahoo shareholder Eric Jackson announced Tuesday he is dropping his efforts to launch a proxy fight against the Internet search pioneer, citing cost concerns of going it alone.

Earlier in the day, Jackson, in an interview with CNET News.com, gave himself a 40 percent chance of moving forward with ...



 

Yahoo's two largest institutional investors $1 apart from Micros...

CNET Tech blog  Sat, 05/03/2008 - 9:38pm

With Microsoft's withdraw of its increased Yahoo bid on Saturday, the Internet search pioneer's two largest institutional investors are fuming, according to a source familiar with their thinking.

The two investors were willing to accept an offer of $34 a share, the source noted.

Microsoft was offering an increased bid of $33.

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Yahoo beats Street...waits for Microsoft

CNN Money  Tue, 04/22/2008 - 4:38pm

Internet search giant Yahoo Inc. announced first-quarter sales and profits Tuesday that topped analysts' estimates but it remains unclear if that will be enough to force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid.



 

Google shares poised to capture largest one-day gain

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 04/18/2008 - 9:51am

Google's shares soared 19.1 percent in morning trading Friday, poising the Internet giant to mark its largest-ever one-day gain, partying like it's 1999.

The Internet search giant's stock jumped as high as $535.50 a share in early-morning trading, up sharply from its close of $449....



 

Yahoo's largest investor doubles down

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 11:13am

Oh baby.

Capital World Investors virtually doubled down on its Yahoo holdings, giving the investment firm a 10.1 percent stake, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

Capital World Investors, Yahoo's largest institutional investor, owns 135,542,600 shares of the Internet search ...