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Yahoo Earnings Shed Spotlight on New CEO

Agenda for Carol Bartz: Build confidence, show mastery; revelations on Microsoft, AOL not expected.
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Ad Woes Infect the Net

Google, Yahoo, and eBay estimates slashed by UBS analyst on expectations for a global slowdown in advertising.
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Google Ads Grab Online Real Estate

Beer, champagne ads get greenlight; top search firm expected to put more ads above organic results.
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Internet Ad Downturn: No One’s Immune

Yahoo and eBay may fare worse than Google, but analyst cuts estimates across the board.
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Big Fish Hooks Big Bucks

Casual game company snags $83.3 million from Balderton Capital and others in a bid for global push.
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Google Chrome Feature Seen as Ad Threat

Analyst says privacy features could hinder targeting of ads, sees role for browser in ‘cloud’ computing.
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Video Game Software Sales Rock On

Grand Theft Auto skids, but Guitar Hero, Rock Band help power industry’s 41% growth in July, sales tracker says.
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Xbox to Undercut Wii, Analyst Says

Price cuts would bring budget version of Microsoft’s console below those of competition from Nintendo and Sony.
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Google Puts Brakes on Hiring

Growth continues with focus on display ads, mobile, and video, but report finds job postings plummet 48 percent versus 2007.
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Grand Theft Auto IV Revs Up

But analyst says Take-Two won’t be able to hotwire a premium in Electronic Arts’ unsolicited $2B takeover bid.
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Internet, Finance

$2.1B Google Offering Panned

Several Wall Street analysts say the search giant’s follow-on offering is unnecessary.
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Internet

Analysts Rush to Google’s Side

Google shares slipped, but the consensus seems to be there’s nothing broken that the search giant can’t fix.