March 25- Yahoo Inc has snapped up mobile news aggregator Summly, the companies said on their websites on Monday. The Summly app will be removed from the Apple Inc store and will be integrated into Yahoo's mobile initiatives.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19- Yahoo Inc is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Dailymotion, one of the world's most popular online video websites, in what would be Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the reins in July, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19- Yahoo Inc is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Dailymotion, one of the world's most popular online video websites, in what would be Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the reins in July, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 14- Federal employee Leslie Shah went back to work just after her second child celebrated his first birthday, one of a growing number of American mothers who are choosing full-time work since the U.S. economic downturn. "It really came down to a financial decision," said Shah, 44, who lives in Maryland just outside Washington. "
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12- Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was asked at an all-staff meeting several weeks ago whether her rigorous hiring practices had caused the company to miss out on top engineering talent in Silicon Valley's hyper-competitive job market.
Yahoo said its app for Blackberry smartphones would no longer be available for download, or supported by Yahoo, as of April 1. Yahoo also said that on April 1 it will stop supporting Yahoo Avatars- the cartoon-like digital characters that consumers create to depict them on Web services such as Yahoo instant messenger and Facebook.
March 1- For more than six years, Tammy Saunders has woken at 5:30 a.m., showered, dressed and walked upstairs- to her office. A nurse practitioner, Saunders works as a case manager for Hartford, Connecticut- based health insurer Aetna Inc, helping college students recovering from accidents or surgery get the follow-up services they need.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28- Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's decision to ban telecommuting sparked outrage around the country, but left many in Silicon Valley wondering what the fuss was all about.
Feb 20- Yahoo Inc is rolling out a revamped look for its website aimed at making the Web portal more modern and attractive to users. Yahoo is one of the world's most-visited online properties, but revenue has declined in recent years amid competition from Google and Facebook.
Feb 20- Yahoo Inc is overhauling its website to incorporate features familiar to Facebook users such as a newsfeed and people's "likes," in CEO Marissa Mayer's biggest product revamp since taking the helm of the ailing company last year.
*Comcast to buy rest of NBC Universal stake from GE. NEW YORK, Feb 13- U.S. stocks rose modestly on Wednesday, putting the S&P near its highest intraday level in more than five years as the market's recent streak of slight gains on low volume continued.
*Comcast to buy rest of NBC Universal stake from GE. NEW YORK, Feb 13- U.S. stock index futures pointed to slight gains at the open on Wednesday, suggesting the market would continue a recent advance that lifted benchmark indexes to multi-year highs.
*Comcast to buy rest of NBC Universal stake from GE. NEW YORK, Feb 13- U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, suggesting the market would continue a recent advance that lifted benchmark indexes to multi-year highs.
*Comcast to buy remaining stake of NBC Universal from GE. NEW YORK, Feb 13- U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, suggesting the market would continue a recent upward trend that took benchmark indexes near multi-year highs.