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Ask.com Sale: Upside for Microsoft, IAC

Financial analysts and search engine marketing industry execs see financial benefit in prospect of a Microsoft-Ask.com deal.
Computers, Communications, Finance

Yahoo Bags New CFO

Troubled search pioneer continues executive suite cleanup under CEO Carol Bartz.
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Yang Out; Yahoo Shares Jump

Beleaguered search pioneer is looking for a CEO to replace Jerry Yang; Investors push shares more than 4 percent higher in after-hours trading as news trickles out.
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Yahoo Unwraps oneConnect for iPhone

Search company makes “social address book” available to Apple App store for iPhones and iPod touch devices.
Computers, General news, Communications, Finance

Google Gazing

Search king to report earnings Thursday amid heady expectations from Wall Street for the company to make gains while Yahoo continues to have troubles.
Magazine, Security, Media, Internet

All Eyes on Yahoo

Beleaguered search pioneer is expected to report earnings after the bell Tuesday. Wall Street and Microsoft will be closely watching for missteps.

Startup Office Space: Starbucks Shutters Shops

Conference room to up-and-coming upstarts, Starbucks plans to close 100 stores.
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Yahoo: Bracing for Bad

Analysts are preparing for the worst from Yahoo: weak 2008 guidance when it reports earnings. Upside: Layoffs could shave off $400 million in costs.
General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Yahoo Poised for Pain in Downturn?

If the U.S. economy should take a sharp turn south, Yahoo and AOL will be leading losers of ad dollars, according to an analyst report, but the same won’t be true for Google, MySpace, and Facebook.