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Microsoft officially names the former Yahoo search executive. In the process, however, Microsoft is losing top ad executive Brian McAndrews.

Billionaire investor opposes selling just a portion of the Internet pioneer because he believes the stock is undervalued.

Celebrities dominated the top search terms at Yahoo in 2008. Also: people ask Ask.com how to get pregnant and what "maverick" means.

The Times of London says the two companies are discussing a deal that would see Microsoft acquire Yahoo's search business for around $20 billion.

Activist investor--and member of company's board--has bought up 7 million shares of Yahoo over the course of three days this week.

U.S. search grew 7 percent sequentially in October, but Yahoo and Microsoft posted larger gains, according to comScore's qSearch analysis released Wednesday.

The company's shared search service now can provide some subject-specific results to some partners. Later it'll be publicly available.

Much of Yahoo's troubles stem from an inability to project the right image to the outside world.

Christmas comes early for Yahoo, according to a TechCrunch report, as the ailing Internet search company sells its comparison-shopping to Jamplant for less than $125 million.

T-Mobile has selected Yahoo as its search and advertising partner, as the carrier tries to boost data usage on its mobile handsets.