macnn.com - 12/5/2008
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NICK WINGFIELD After a nearly five month search, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it has found a new executive to lead its charge against Google Inc. in the online search and advertising business: Qi Lu, a technologist who was previously a top executive at Yahoo Inc. The move represents a ...
microsoft.com - 12/4/2008
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microsoft.com —
Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers,
advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008...
— Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu will lead ...
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Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/8/2008
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kara.allthingsd.com —
While there are layoffs all over now, as
evidenced by the dismal jobs reports last week, the...
long-planned Yahoo (YHOO) layoffs will definitely be taking place Wednesday. The layoff number was announced by its (eventually outgoing) CEO Jerry ...
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Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
gigaom.com - 12/8/2008
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gigaom.com —
Yahoo, the beleaguered web giant, is planning to
launch a new program that essentially turns its email...
offering into a platform on which to run applications, much in the same way Facebook does, according to some of my sources. Yahoo is keeping ...
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Yahoo Plans to Launch a Mail App Platform [GigaOM]
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Ballmer: Yahoo deal better "sooner than later"
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer today rekindled talk of a possible deal between his company and Yahoo in an interview today with the Wall Street Journal (membership required). While Microsoft has repeatedly downplayed any possibility of deals since breaking off talks with Yahoo in the spring, Ballmer now says it would be beneficial for both companies if a deal for a search ad union was struck "sooner than later" and says the main requirement is receptiveness to such a deal from Yahoo, which has lately insisted on either a full takeover or no deal at all. "Together we ...
Ballmer: Yahoo deal better "sooner than later"
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer today rekindled talk of a possible deal between his company and Yahoo in an interview today with the Wall Street Journal (membership required). While Microsoft has repeatedly downplayed any possibility of deals since breaking off talks with Yahoo in the spring, Ballmer now says it would be beneficial for both companies if a deal for a search ad union was struck "sooner than later" and says the main requirement is receptiveness to such a deal from Yahoo, which has lately insisted on either a full takeover or no deal at all. "Together we ...
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