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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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  by labraham / on May 13, 2012
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  Scott Thompson steps down as Yahoo's CEO!
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• Alibaba Privatization Plan Goes Ahead

  
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• Apps Rush: Facebook Camera, Linkin Park GP, Collins Big Cat, Yahoo! Time … – The Guardian (blog)

  
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• This Week in Startups – Atif Rafiq, Head of Global Product Marketing/Strategy at Yahoo! Local

  
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  This week we have Atif Rafiq, Head of Global Product Marketing/Strategy at Yahoo! Local. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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• Yahoo’s Axis targets new visual search

  
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  San Francisco (dpa) – Yahoo has unveiled a new type of search platform that it hopes will restore the struggling web pioneer to something of its former glory. Released late Wednesday by the Silicon Valley company, Axis, as it is known, is currently available as an app for Apple’s iPhones and iPads and as an ...
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• Norwich goalkeeper Ruddy ruled out of England Euro 2012 squad with broken finger

  
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  After picking up an injury during training, the Norwich City shot-stopper will have to stay at home for the tournament, meaning a call-up for Birmingham Citys Jack Butland
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• Martinez could still turn the Liverpool job down - Wigan chairman Dave Whelan

  
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  With the Latics boss currently in Miami meeting the Reds owners, his current employer believes Fenway Sports Groups lack of football knowledge could see him turn the job down
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• England set for lowest turnout in decades at Euro 2012 amid safety fears & fan apathy

  
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• From Japans second division to Dortmunds talisman - Can Shinji Kagawa be Manchester Uniteds next superstar?

  
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• Lescott: Gary Neville warned me off chocolate cake

  
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  The 37-year-old took his first training session as an England coach on Thursday and has been praised by the Manchester City man, despite dishing out dietary advice
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• Apps Rush: Facebook Camera, Linkin Park GP, Collins Big Cat, Yahoo! Time Traveler, Brand Republic and more

  
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  Whats new on the app stores on Friday 25 May 2012 A selection of 10 new and notable apps for you today. Apps Rush is now taking a summer holiday break, and will return on Wednesday 6 June. Facebook Camera Thank goodness Facebook at last has its own photo-sharing app, to compete with upstarts like Instagram that ...
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• MLS Preview: Sporting Kansas City - San Jose Earthquakes

  
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  Sporting started the season hottest, but since San Jose has taken its place as the most in-form team in the league.
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• MLS Preview: Chivas USA - Seattle Sounders FC

  
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  Seattle completes a hectic month with a trip down to California to face the Goats, who recently won their first home game of 2012.
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• Liverpool have been in turmoil ever since Benitez was sacked, claims Zenden

  
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  The former Reds midfielder laments "madness" of axing Roy Hodgson, expresses sympathy for Kenny Dalglish and believes the Spaniard could return to Anfield
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• MoU with Mazda shows Fiat’s commitment to Alfa Romeo: Fiat chief says

  
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  Fiat has claimed that its non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mazda demonstrates its commitment to Alfa Romeo and the willpower to develop Alfa Romeo into a real global brand. Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat and Mazda have signed a non-binding MoU for developing and manufacturing a new convertible sports ...
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• Fan’s View: Who Won the Giants-Mets Trade Involving Pagan, Ramirez and Torres? (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

  
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  In most cases, judging a trade based on two months of results is often considered premature. I think there is a clear winner between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets, though. These two clubs made an offseason deal that sent Angel Pagan out West, while Ramon Ramirez and Andres Torres traveled East. Of course, ...
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• This will be hard to top

  
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  I’ve reported on a lot of really, really stupid mistakes made by the writers and editors for the Yahoo! front page , but this has got to be the most egregious error ever: The little boy is Etan Patz. It was a horrible crime, and horrible reporting. It will be hard to top this error — even for Yahoo! ...
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• Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers Highlight MLB Schedule for May 25, 2012 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

  
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  The 2012 MLB regular season is well underway with nearly two months of baseball already in the books. It is still a long road to October, but paths are already starting to take shape and many surprises have already occurred along the way. The beginning of the year brings promise but at this point in the season ...
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• Visually speaking: Yahoo Axis, Facebook Camera

  
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  A couple of new offerings from Yahoo and Facebook highlight the fact that people like looking at pretty things. • Yahoo’s Axis is a browser/browser add-on that displays search results visually, something AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher calls innovative. “Think Pinterest of search and...
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• Goldman Sachs VIP List: Most Important Stocks To Hedge Funds: Q1 2012

  
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  Goldman Sachs is out with its Q1 2012 Hedge Fund Trend Monitor report.  In it, they reveal the latest VIP list of 50 stocks that are most important to hedge funds.  These are the positions that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of fundamental focused hedge funds. This... ...
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