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Outrage at Japan’s ivory sales

Yahoo sold sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site

CES: Yahoo set to battle Microsoft, Google

AT CES this week, Yahoo head Marissa Meyer stepped up the ailing search company’s battle plans as it prepares to take on Microsoft and Google.

WTF, NSA? Tech giants vent spy fury

Google and Yahoo! are fuming over revelations that the agency intercepted their users’ records.

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer. (AFP)

US spying: Yahoo! chief fears jail for going against NSA demands

Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.

Yahoo!: Can’t buy me cool

It is not unusual that Yahoo! has snapped up 10 companies so far this year. But what is unusual is the scale of the purchases.

Yahoo’s Tumblr takeover could boost the blog’s business

Yahoo’s $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr is a bold acquisition that means business, says the search engine’s chief executive Marissa Meyer.

Scarcity of female geeks questioned

Why is it that although women make up 49% of the UK’s labour force, they account for just 17% of IT and telecommunications professionals?

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New chief must revive Yahoo’s yodel

Marissa Mayer is taking her talent for revenue enhancement from Google to the competition. Josh Halliday & Charles Arthur report.

Yahoo! and CNBC have agreed on a content sharing deal in which CNBC will provide stories and videos that will be featured on Yahoo! Finance pages.

Yahoo! and CNBC join forces

Yahoo! and CNBC have agreed on a content sharing deal in which CNBC will provide stories and videos that will be featured on Yahoo! Finance pages.

Yahoo! cuts off 2 000 workers

Struggling US internet firm Yahoo! will slash some 2 000 jobs in a sweeping restructuring aimed at building a "nimbler, more profitable" company.

India won’t censor social media, says minister

India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook but demands that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media.

PayPal’s Scott Thompson to pick up the pieces at Yahoo!

Struggling internet company Yahoo! has appointed the president of PayPal, Scott Thompson, as its new CEO, replacing the ousted Carol Bartz.

Yahoo! looks to bolster numbers with more websites

Yahoo! looks to bolster numbers with more websites

Yahoo! Will ramp up the number of its websites around the world that let visitors automatically share what stories they read with Facebook friends.

Yahoo! could be sold after Bartz is shown the door

The former internet giant is being eaten alive by two upstarts, Google and Facebook with fickle advertisers jumping ship.

Stocks rally as Germany upholds Europe’s bailout plan

US stocks rallied for the first time in three days after a German court backed the country’s role in bailing out other European countries.

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How Google, Facebook and Hotmail aim to stop hacking

How secure is your password for email and various social networks? Not very, which is why Google, Hotmail and Facebook have implemented a new system.

Yahoo! sells Delicious to YouTube founders

Yahoo! on Wednesday sold Delicious to the founders of YouTube, who promised to continue and grow the popular social bookmarking site.

Yahoo! to lay off more than 600 staffers

Yahoo! plans to lay off more than 600 employees as early as Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Yahoo!’s Yang quits

The billionaire co-founder is seen as an obstacle to change and the lower share price may attract a new Microsoft bid, writes Bobbie Johnson.