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yhoo.client.shareholder.com - 12/17/2008

Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release

— yhoo.client.shareholder.com — Yahoo! Sets New Industry Privacy Standard with Data Retention Policy With Consumer-Friendly Standard, Yahoo! Sets 90-Day Data... Retention Policy SUNNYVALE, Calif. & London, Dec 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced a ... (more) Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release

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blogmaverick.com - 12/15/2008

What Yahoo Should Do

— blogmaverick.com — In this economic day and age, cash is king. As markets, industries and companies delever in what... seems to be a chorus of balance sheet deflation, the value of cash as an investment vehicle has increased exponentially. What does this have to do ... (more) What Yahoo Should Do

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blogs.zdnet.com - 12/22/2008

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

— blogs.zdnet.com — Could Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be the equivalent of Ford, GM and Chrysler more than 60 years... ago? That thought provoking question was raised by Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who cooks up weekend missives designed to make you go hmmm. The ... (more) Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

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Tech Observer — Really sick people might be getting more internet privacy protection. [NYT] Motorola freezes salaries and pensions. [Bloomberg] No Steve Jobs at Macworld probably means no major announcement from Apple either. [CNet] Twitter launches StockTwits, a Twitter board and chatroom for individual investors to share investment ideas and information that had already raised $800,000. [All Things D] Is Second Life: The Movie the latest example of Hollywood jumping on a tech trend too late? [Valleywag] Related Links ...

Bits: Four Privacy Protections the Online Ad Industry Left Out
NYT > Technology — ... that cancer was off limits but it’s okay to target ads to people with heart disease. Then it decided to draw the line at banning the collection of data that indicates someone actually has a given medical condition; following people who are simply curious about a disease is fine. The new proposal by the I.A.B.-run group is even more lenient: It bans only the collection of “pharmaceutical prescriptions or medical records.” Similarly, it allows companies to collect any sort of financial information about users other than “financial account numbers.” The proposal by the trade ...