AOL hires senior VP for advertising from software company Cooliris

September 7th, 2009 AOL taps exec who famously warned Yahoo of troubleSAN FRANCISCO — AOL LLC has tapped former Yahoo Inc. executive Brad Garlinghouse for a key position that is meant to beef up the struggling Internet company's presence in Silicon Valley.

September 15th, 2009 Apple hires Intel's top lawyerCUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc.

October 7th, 2009 Media6Degrees hires former Google executive as CEOPHILADELPHIA — Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.

July 29th, 2009 Timeline: Microsoft, Yahoo's road to partnershipA chronology of key events leading to Microsoft Corp.'s deal with rival Yahoo Inc.: Feb. 1, 2008: After more than two years of talks and speculation, Microsoft makes unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, or $44.6 billion.

July 21st, 2006 Google’s profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as the company continued to increase its share of the lucrative search advertising market. The company, which announced results yesterday, exceeded analysts’ expectations for both sales and profit.

April 30th, 2009 AOL names yet another head of online ad business NEW YORK — AOL, the struggling Internet unit that Time Warner Inc. is likely to spin off, said Thursday that it will put a new executive in charge of its online advertising business — making him the fourth person to hold that title in little over a year.

February 12th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google has failed in another attempt to diversify its advertising business from the Internet to old media. Less than a month after scrapping its division that sold advertisements to newspapers, the Internet search giant announced Thursday that it planned to stop selling advertisements for broadcast radio at the end of May and focus on selling advertisements for streaming audio feeds on the Internet.

August 20th, 2009 Accenture laying off some 336 executivesNEW YORK — Business consultant and outsourcing company Accenture says it will cut some 336 senior-level executive positions as part of a broad-based restructuring effort. The layoffs total about 7 percent of Accenture Ltd.'s 4,800 senior executives.

September 18th, 2009 Microsoft sues over 'malicious' online advertisingNEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. has filed five lawsuits aimed at halting the flow of malicious online advertising.

August 9th, 2009 Publicis to buy Microsoft's RazorfishNEW YORK —French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA has agreed to buy Microsoft Corp.'s digital advertising firm Razorfish as part of an effort to boost its share of advertising on the Web, according to a joint statement released Sunday. The companies value the deal at $530 million in a combination of cash and 6.5 million Pubicis Groupe treasury shares.

September 14th, 2009 WELLINGTON - An Anglo-Kiwi web advertising firm Firstlight Online has moved its software development facility to India from Wellington. The company is merging with Nasdaq-listed web-search firm Convera, despite a bid by former Firstlight director Brett Bailey to sink the deal.

September 9th, 2009 Cablevision prices $900M senior notes offeringNEW YORK — Cablevision Systems Corp. on Wednesday said it priced a $900 million private placement of debt.

September 2nd, 2009 Yahoo's chief accounting officer resignsSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom major Reliance Communications (RCom), part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), Thursday announced the integration of a mobile marketing software platform - Neon - with its network. Neon - developed by leading mobile advertising and marketing technology provider Flytxt - will help RCom engage in customer interface programmes.

July 29th, 2009 Websense names Arthur Locke as new CFOSAN DIEGO — Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. said Tuesday it named Arthur S.