Internet giant Yahoo to build data center in western NY near Buffalo, employ 125

July 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft have reached a 10-year deal in which they hope to tackle the online dominance of Google, media reports said Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.

July 7th, 2009 NC town raises offer for Apple data center site RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina community battered by manufacturing layoffs raised the offer for Apple Inc.

July 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft announced Wednesday a 10-year deal in search and advertising operations in a bid to challenge the online dominance of Google. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.

April 24th, 2009 Yahoo to close GeoCities, other services in revamp SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.

July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tech giants Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google, which holds a 65 percent market share in online search. Under a 10-year deal, websites from both companies would use Microsoft's Bing search engine, which could now integrate Yahoo's considerable trove of search technology.

May 22nd, 2009 After declaring web of objects, Yahoo Inc now plans to venture into social networking to refurbish its line of products.  Yahoo is looking to acquire companies that will support it to become a bigger player in social networking, as provided by Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh. He told the Reuters Global Technology Summit that this is the good time for buying.

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

September 11th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - The US Department of Justice is looking into the advertising and search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo, the companies said Friday. Yahoo and Microsoft, which trail a distant second and third respectively to Google in the internet search market, announced their deal in late July in a bid to combine forces and challenge the web giant.

September 14th, 2009 Yahoo sees $150M windfall from Alibaba.com saleSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo has cashed out of its investment in China's leading e-commerce site, Alibaba.com.

May 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Undaunted by US President Barack Obama's Bangalore-Buffalo remark and proposal to extend tax benefits to those creating job opportunities to Americans, experts in the Indian IT industry said the comments had nothing to do with outsourcing or with India. It is an instance of Obama's views being misinterpreted, said Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, while speaking to media persons here on Wednesday.

January 27th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Troubled Internet pioneer Yahoo! swung to a quarterly loss Tuesday because of severance pay and write downs on its European properties. Despite recording a $303 million loss in the fourth quarter, the company's results beat expectations as its revenues and operating profit held up well in the dire economic climate.

September 1st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - A disruption to Google's Gmail service frustrated users throughout the world Tuesday and flummoxed engineers at the giant internet company. Google said the problems started early in the morning and were not resolved until approximately 2330 GMT.

September 7th, 2007 You too may have received a sad notice from Yahoo Photos: Dear Angsuman, Thank you so much for using Yahoo! Photos. Before we go, we can help you move your photos to Flickr, Yahoo!'s other photo sharing service.

June 12th, 2009 Yahoo names new CFO, fills void left by shake-upSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.

May 21st, 2009 Yahoo! Geo Technologies announced at Where 2.0 in San Jose, California with the launch of a new web service Yahoo! Placemaker as a part of their vision of Open Location. The new release followed the Yahoo! GeoPlanet that is an attempt to bridge  the gap between the real and virtual worlds by providing an open, perennial, and intelligent infrastructure for geo-referencing data on the Internet.