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Yahoo! is an Internet search and web portal company founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo! was one of the premier search engines of the 1990s, and though Google dominated the search market in the subsequent decade, Yahoo! still accounted for roughly 20% of all searches by June, 2008. As of October, 2007, Yahoo! received 3.4 billion page views per day.

In addition to its search features, Yahoo! features multiple portal services, including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sports, and and Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Buzz monitors the most popular and fastest-rising searches on Yahoo! each day. The company makes the vast majority of its revenue off its marketing and advertising services. According to Yahoo!'s 2008 annual report, the company made $7.2 billion dollars in 2007.

Despite its popularity, Yahoo! underwent a crisis in the second half of the 2000s in the wake of competition from sites like Google. In 2007, a proposed merger with Microsoft failed after extensive negotiations and an offer of $44.6 billion in cash and stock from Microsoft.

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• in Politics
  Democrat Political Party Leadership on Invasive Keystroke Surveillance
  The participation of the internet companies in PRISM will add to the debate about surveillance by Federal Government intelligence services.
  by theedje / on Jun 7, 2013
• in Social Media
  The Secret Of Finding a Great Title for Your Blog and Getting Everyone to Read Below It
  Finding a good Title and description for your Blog need not be a stressful part of your life. It can be fun and creative experience with a bit of reading and search. You could even change it around to suit the evolution of the social web and the change in the perception of your visitors.
  by forgevalley / on May 22, 2013
• in Social Media
  Tumblr Social Blogging Site to be Bought by Yahoo?
  Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft May Offer To Buy Tumblr
  by joshner / on May 18, 2013

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• 2013-14 Football League fixtures announced

  
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  Clubs in the Championship, League One and League Two have discovered their schedules for next seasons campaign
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• Jozy Altidores red-hot run of form continues for the USA

  
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  The AZ striker has now scored four goals in four games, and appears to have finally broken through for the national team after a barren run.
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• New CEO begins Alcatel makeover

  
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  By Leila Abboud PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent will focus on its high-growth fixed and mobile products and slim down via 1 billion euro in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses. The new plan unveiled on Wednesday by Michel Combes, the companys new chief executive, will also ...
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• A Simple Thing That Stops the Spread of Flu at Work

  
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• The Top Jobs Young Women Just Dont Want

  
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  While young female professionals have many career goals, ascending to the top of their company is not one of them, new research shows.
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• With Samsung, Jay-Zs business continues to boom

  
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  NEW YORK (AP) ? He really is more than a businessman.
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• Jese flattered by Cristiano Ronaldo comparisons

  
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  The Spain Under-20 prospect has voiced his admiration for the Portugal star and is hopeful of breaking into the first team at the Santiago Bernabeu next season
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• Protests on the street, but support from the stands - Brazils love/hate relationship with World Cup bid

  
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  The Selecaos win in their opening game has helped some to look beyond the day-to-day social issues which have been thrust into the spotlight by dissenting masses.
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• Yahoo reveals US data requests

  
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  Yahoo is the latest firm to reveal the extent of US government snooping on its users following Prism leaks. BBC News – Home
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• Julio Cesar: Balotelli will not end like Adriano

  
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  The experienced keeper does not have any fears that the former Manchester City forward will waste his talent
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• The Dangers Of Unprotected Sex

  
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• Jabil Is Still in Transition

  
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  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The last time I talked about Jabil Circuit I said the company was going to remain in a "holding pattern" for the foreseeable future. I didnt believe it was going to take this long. The company is in the midst of a very important transition that has been going on for almost a year. Although ...
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• Yahoo provides numbers to prove Prism innocence

  
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  Going shoulder-to-shoulder with Facebook , Microsoft and Apple , Yahoo has come out to reveal the number of government requests for data that it’s received in the past six months. According to a Tumblr post by CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel and secretary Ron Bell, between 12,000 and 13,000 requests ...
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• Micron Could Be a Buy Ahead of Earnings

  
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  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Its very rare a company can double in share price in a six-month period and still be a mystery to investors. This puts shares of memory maker Micron Technology in very exclusive company. In fact, since the stock bottomed at $5.16 on Oct. 24, Micron is up a remarkable 147%. With third-quarter ...
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• Yahoo Looks To Social Video Service Qwiki For Its Next Acquisition

  
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  With Tumblr , GhostBird , and Astrid all reportedly in the bag, Yahoo is looking ahead to its next acquisition and has the crosshair set on Qwiki, according to a recent report from AllThingsD . Citing “sources close to the company,” the website claims that Yahoo is considering purchasing Qwiki for $50 ...
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• Yahoo Disclosed US Data Requests

  
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  Following Microsoft, Facebook and Google, Yahoo has also disclosed the number of user data requests it get US government. In an exclamation statement to public, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has unveiled...        
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• AstraZeneca picks site for new global home in Cambridge

  
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  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has chosen a science park on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, England, next to the world-renowned Addenbrookes Hospital, for its new $500 million global headquarters and research center. Property industry sources told Reuters last month that the Cambridge Biomedical ...
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• Spendthrift elite signals equity slide, behavioral experts warn

  
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  By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - Record prices at art auctions in recent weeks and oversubscribed holidays by private jet are among signals that a stock market slump is approaching, if followers of behavioral finance are to be believed. They insist social mood governs human action, including investment on stock ...
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