$9.5bn windfall for Yahoo! from Alibaba IPOYahoo! is making amends for years of blundering with one smart move: an early investment in China's Alibaba Group that has turned into a multi-billion-dollar boon. The latest windfall will be delivered with Alibaba's recor More… |
Kim K among top Yahoo! searchesKim Kardashian, who recently visited Bahrain and Kuwait, was the most-searched person on Yahoo! in a year when online searches were dominated by big news stories and pop culture obsessions, the search engine company said. The US preside More… |
Yahoo!, Maktoob, Vital Voices host summitYahoo!’s business and human rights programme, and Yahoo! Maktoob, in partnership with Vital Voices, hosted the first “Change Your World!” summit on women and social and digital media today (January 18). The summit which took place in Cairo More… |
Yahoo! backs key Bahrain conferenceYahoo! will participate as a strategic partner at the second annual Corporate Communications Conference 2010 in Bahrain next month. This prestigious event, which is focused on meeting the specialised branding, communications and marketing More… |
Yahoo! acquires Maktoob.comYahoo! today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Maktoob.com, a leading online community in the Arab world. 'This acquisition will accelerate Yahoo!’s strategy of expanding in high-growth emerging markets wh More… |
Cloud computing research test bed launchedHP said it has formed an alliance with Intel Corporation and Yahoo, to create a global, multi-data centre, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education. The goal of the initiative is to prom More… |
Commentary: Yahoo! changesYahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang has taken over the role of CEO at Yahoo. Susan Decker, until yesterday executive vice-president and head of advertiser and publisher group, has been promoted to president of the company. Terry Semel, More… |