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49 min ago | LA Daily News

Yahoo Santa Clara campus could house 12,000 workers

Despite a rocky three years, Yahoo is moving forward with plans to build a new campus that would house as many as 12,000 workers in Santa Clara, potentially the largest single real estate development in the city's history.

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Computers, Yahoo!, Search Engines, Santa Clara, CA, Banking, Financial Services, Silicon Valley Bancshares, Google, Emerging Technology

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Clover Herald

Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other business programs.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Startups, Science / Technology, Microsoft Office, Media, Computers, Search Engines, Yahoo!

The Motley Fool

A Big Upgrade for Time Warner

David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! See what hea s recommending that you buy NEXT.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers, Financial Markets, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Software

Mon Nov 23, 2009

USA Today

Google scoops up display ad specialist Teracent

Google has snapped up another start-up in its quest to sell more visual advertising on the Web.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Media, Computers, Yahoo!

New York Times

Google Buying Display Advertising Startup

Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Media, Computers, Yahoo!, Science / Technology

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Newindpress

'Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact'

The Microsoft logo hangs from a window during the grand opening of a retail store in Arizona.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet, Science / Technology, Media, Computers, Startups, Yahoo!

SiliconValley.com

People on the move, 22 November

The Mountain View provider of large-scale, concentrated solar thermal steam systems for electricity generation and industrial processes named Thomas Caulfield president and chief operating officer.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA, Semiconductors, Novellus Systems, Startups, Electronics, Media, Computers, Yahoo!, Search Engines, San Francisco Metro

Sat Nov 21, 2009

PaidContent.org

Post-Revision, Justice, Competitors Still Concerned Over Google Books

The revised Google Book settlement scales back the countries the agreement covers and promises new protections for potential rights-holders and authors .

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Software, Microsoft, Media, Computers, Yahoo!

The Epoch Times

AOL to Lay Off One-Third of Its Employees

Struggling Internet search and marketing company AOL may lay off one-third of its total workforce related to its upcoming spinoff from parent Time Warner Inc., the company told regulators this week.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Financial Services, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Software

Emirates News Agency

Mohammed Bin Rashid meets Jerry Yang of Yahoo

WAM Dubai, Nov 03rd, 2009 : Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in the presence of Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received here today Co-founder, Former CEO and Chief Yahoo! Inc.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, World News, United Arab Emirates

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Jo...

EIR draft issued on mammoth Yahoo campus

A draft environmental impact report is available for public review that outlines the impacts of Yahoo Inc.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, Santa Clara, CA

Ventura County Star

Google, Yahoo zero in on Internet freedom' bill

Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign countries, according to third-quarter lobbying reports.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Christopher Smith, Lamar Smith

Market Watch

MarketWatch First Take: AOL has a lot to prove now

In anticipation of its December spin-off from Time Warner, AOL may cut one-third of its employee roll.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers, MarketWatch, Startups, Yahoo!, Search Engines, Google

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. The practice has occasionally prompted a rival to file legal challenges alleging trademark infringement.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Privacy, Media, Computers, Startups, Yahoo!

San Jose Mercury News

Biz Break: Valley real estate's upward turn; plus: Dell's profit dives

Today: Dell and Intuit report earnings. Silicon Valley house prices rise year-over-year for the first time in nearly two years.

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Related Topix: Dell, Computers, Startups, Intuit, Accounting, Software, Banking, Silicon Valley Bancshares, Financial Services, Search Engines, Media

MarketWatch

David Callaway: AOL returns as Steve Case scores again

Back in the day, it was bigger than Google, at least in terms of investment hype.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!, Amazoncom, Retail

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Apple's Macs aren't safe from phishing attacks

Filed under: Internet , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo! , Apple Inc , Technology Once upon a time, Mac users could brag they were much safer from malicious electronic attacks.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Software, Media, Computers, Yahoo!

MocoNews.net

Yahoo Shuts Down Yahoo Go; Will Continue Building Smartphone Apps

Yahoo will shut down its four-year-old Yahoo Go service at the beginning of next year, so that it focus on building services in the browser and applications for high-end smartphones, like the iPhone and Android.

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Computers, Yahoo!, Search Engines, iPhone, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Motley Fool

AOL: You've Got Fail

The amputation is nearly complete. Time Warner will spin off its struggling America Online unit on Dec.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Software, Yahoo!

Clover Herald

Correction: Internet conference story

In a Nov. 15 story about Egypt's plan to apply for the first Internet domain name written in Arabic, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Yahoo Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Media, Search Engines, Startups, Yahoo!

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