Yahoo to spend $100 mn to promote its brand

September 22nd, 2009 Yahoo to spend $100M in bid for more brand buzzSAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to get the word out to consumers directly.

July 21st, 2009 Yahoo 2Q profit up 8 pct, yet ad slump continuesSAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. eked out a slightly higher profit in the second quarter as its new, no-nonsense chief executive cut enough expenses to shake off the Internet company's sharpest drop in ad revenue since the dot-com bust.

January 13th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Struggling web pioneer Yahoo has named Carol Bartz, the former head of software company Autodesk, as its new chief executive. The appointment follows a two-month search for a replacement for company founder Jerry Yang, who was widely blamed for botching merger talks with Microsoft that would have proved highly lucrative to many shareholders.

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.

July 30th, 2009 Yahoo comes full circle with retreat from searchSAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. invested billions of dollars in its Internet search engine during the past six years before realizing it made more sense to entrust the job to an outsider — hearkening back to a conclusion the company's co-founders reached shortly after they started their Web directory in the mid-1990s.

November 12th, 2007 I am sick and tired of Yahoo Messenger Spam initiated primarily by Myfreecamhost and now joined by few new initiates too. Everyday, at the most inppropriate times I will get one or more messages from Yahoo Messenger asking me to watch some random female's webcam on myfreecamhost for free (obviously scam).

July 22nd, 2009 Yahoo to spend more after cost cuts lift 2Q profitSAN FRANCISCO — Carol Bartz has already shown off her cost-cutting skills in her first six months as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive. Now, she will try to prove she isn't making a a bad bet by spending more money while the Internet company's advertising sales are still sagging.

August 11th, 2009 Yahoo's  extravagance pouring dollars on weird domain names, like its own. For the latest Yahoo purchased OMG.com for a massive $80000.

November 5th, 2007 Either Yahoo! Messenger sponsors spammers (not that would surprise me) or Myfreecamhost has found a loophole in Yahoo Instant Messenger. I am daily receiving half a dozen, most likely automated, Yahoo instant messages from various random email id's on myfreecamhost.

June 19th, 2009 Yahoo to write down as much as $34M for layoffs SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.

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.

August 18th, 2009 Bing rings up search gains, dinging Google, YahooSAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp.'s souped-up Internet search engine gained a little more ground on industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.

August 24th, 2009 Yahoo to overhaul search before Microsoft dealSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.

January 14th, 2009 When you or someone else enters an incorrect login multiple times then Yahoo! locks the account for security reasons and you are unable to access your chat names for the messenger also losing your only time for entertainment. Isn't it frustrating? Don't worry, now there is a method by which you can log into a locked Yahoo account.

July 21st, 2009 Yahoo 2Q profit rises 8 pct despite weak ad salesSAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. eked out a slightly higher profit in the second quarter as its new, no-nonsense chief executive cut enough expenses to shake off the Internet company's sharpest drop in ad revenue since the dot-com bust.