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Yahoo! and CNBC team up for finance news

Yahoo! HQ (AFP)

Internet pioneer Yahoo! and US cable news network CNBC on Wednesday launched a new drive to provide more original content both on the Yahoo! Finance website and on the air. CNBC will dramatically expand its presence on the site, which has a monthly audience of some 40 million users, by providing news articles,…

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Captain tossed from troubled Yahoo! ship

A Yahoo! billboard in San Francisco, California (AFP)

Yahoo! boss Scott Thompson stepped down in the face of controversy about his allegedly inflated resume, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer seeking its sixth CEO in five years. As part of a truce in a proxy war with mutinous shareholder Daniel Loeb, Ross Levinsohn became interim Yahoo! chief and Fred Amoroso took charge of the board of…

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Yahoo dumping products in turn-around plan

Pedestrians walk by a Yahoo! sign in Times Square (AFP)

Yahoo! is dumping products along with workers in a quest to return the faded Internet star to glory. Yahoo! boss Scott Thompson announced the move on Tuesday while mapping out the company’s turnaround on the heels of an unusually upbeat quarter in which profit climbed 28 percent. It was the first time since…

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Yahoo! promises to implement do-not-track provisions on its ad networks

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Yahoo! on Thursday said that it will soon add a tool to its websites that allows visitors to signal that they don’t want their online activity tracked for ad targeting or other ends. The California-based Internet pioneer promised to deploy a “Do Not Track solution” across its global network, including…

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Yahoo plans restructuring that could result in thousands of layoffs

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s new chief executive is preparing a significant restructuring of the Internet company, including layoffs that could cut thousands of employees from its payroll, according to a technology blog. The moves could be announced as soon as the end of the month and would represent…

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Bill Maher donates $1 million to Obama Super PAC

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During his live comedy performance on Yahoo on Thursday evening, comedian Bill Maher shocked audiences around the world when he announced he’d be donating $1 million to Priorities USA Action — a pro-Obama Super PAC. Priorities USA Action bills itself as an “organization dedicated to mobilizing Americans to preserve, protect…

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How are you coping with the stress?

I’ll admit; I was glad for the Texas Book Festival this weekend because it kept me off the computer for hours at a time. And I’ve been buried in Sarah Vowell’s new book, which I’ll finish in what seems record time. I try to read political news and keep up…

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