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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:00 GMT
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Strong Quarter for Sales at Amazon
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:00 GMT
The online retailer Amazon.com reported Wednesday that net income for the second quarter more than doubled on strong sales. Net income rose 102 percent to $158 million, or 37 cents a share, up from $78 million or 19 cents per share. Revenue rose 41
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Profit Rises Sharply at Amazon.com
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:34:00 GMT
The online retailer Amazon.com reported Wednesday that net income for the second quarter more than doubled on strong sales. Net income rose 102 percent to $158 million, or 37 cents a share, up from $78 million or 19 cents per share. Revenue rose 41
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Yahoo investors relieved as it hits revenue targets despite soft economy, board upheaval
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:58:00 GMT
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World€™s oldest bible goes online
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:55:00 GMT
The British Library has announced that it will put the remains of the worlds oldest bible online for public viewing. The remaining fragments of the Codex Sinaiticus 'I think it's just fantastic that thanks to technology we can now make the oldest
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Sun readies Web stack featuring choice of OSes
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT
Sun is announcing on Wednesday availability of Sun Web Stack, which puts the companys own twist on the popular open-source LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python or PHP) stack. The company is unveiling the stack at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
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Yahoos Revenue Rises a Bit, but Profit Falls 18%
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:17:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - With the slowing economy taking a toll on the online advertising business, Yahoo said Tuesday that its net income dropped by nearly 19 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as revenue grew at a sluggish 6 percent rate. Analysts
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Yahoo misses estimates - sales up, profits down
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:18:00 GMT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Internet search engine Yahoo Inc. reported second-quarter results Tuesday that fell short of Wall Street's expectations as the company struggles with dwindling market share and softening economic conditions. The Sunnyvale,
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Yahoo! profits! drop! 19! per! cent!
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:19:00 GMT
Yahoo!'s profits took a significant tumble during its last fiscal quarter, falling 19 per cent from the same quarter last year. But CEO Jerry Yang says the company's health is pretty darn good considering the turmoil that's surrounded it since Ballmer
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Court Affirms Online Content Law Unconstitutional
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:35:00 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet. The decision by the 3rd
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Slowdown in Online Advertising Hits Yahoo
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:34:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - With the slowing economy taking a toll on the online advertising business, Yahoo said Tuesday that its revenue in the second quarter grew a sluggish 6 percent from the same period a year earlier as net income dropped by 19 percent. The
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Yahoo misses estimates
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:27:00 GMT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Internet search engine Yahoo Inc. reported second-quarter results Tuesday that fell short of Wall Street's expectations as the company struggles with dwindling market share and softening economic conditions. The Sunnyvale,
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New mobile browsers bringing real Web to handhelds
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:00 GMT
A new generation of mobile Web browsers is finally making the Web a reality on handheld devices. The latest example is last week's beta launch of , a native Web browser for high-end smartphones. It's an evolutionary release for the Norwegian software
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Yahoo settles with Icahn
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:56:00 GMT
Yahoo has settled its two-month feud with investor Carl Icahn. The company announced early Monday morning that the two sides had reached an agreement in which Icahn will call off his attempt to oust the company's board of directors. In exchange, Icahn
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Details of major Internet flaw posted by accident
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:20:00 GMT
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Three Yahoo seats traded for truce
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:45:00 GMT
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Yahoo Deal Wards Off Proxy Fight
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:59:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoos board and management earned a reprieve after a weekend deal ended a bruising and acrimonious fight for control of the company with , the activist investor. In the deal, announced on Monday, Mr. Icahn agreed to drop his proxy bid to
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TiVo and Amazon Team Up
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:59:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that introduced millions to the joy of skipping television commercials, is trying to crack a decades-old media dream. It wants to turn the television remote control into a tool for buying the products
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Why the iPhone is the best and worst e-book reader ever
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:57:00 GMT
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Cloud versus cloud: A guided tour of Amazon, Google, AppNexus, and GoGrid
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:05:00 GMT
Who wouldn't want to live in a 'cloud'? The term is a perfect marketing buzzword for the server industry, heralding images of a gauzy, sunlit realm that moves effortlessly across the sky. There are no suits or ties in this world, just toga-clad Greek
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Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:24:00 GMT
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 9:18 am Categories: General, Web Technology, Microsoft, Search, Yahoo Tags: Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan In Focus » See more posts on:
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Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:22:00 GMT
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:28 am Categories: General, Web Technology, Microsoft, Search, Yahoo Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan In Focus » See more posts on: Microsoft-Yahoo
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Yahoo puts Icahn on board
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:00 GMT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Yahoo said Monday it will add Carl Icahn to its board as part of a deal reached with the activist investor over the online giant's line-up of candidates for board of directors. The Internet firm said it will expand its board
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Yahoo settles with Icahn on board members
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:09:00 GMT
Yahoo has reached an agreement to end , who will take a seat on the company's board after the annual stockholders' meeting, Yahoo said Monday. As part of the settlement agreement Icahn, who owns 4.98 percent of Yahoo common stock, has agreed to withdraw
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Startup tries to improve on the Web browser
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:09:00 GMT
Free RoamAbout add-on tool from Vysr lets users access services from Web sites without having to actually visit them Talkback E-mail Printer Friendly Reprints A California startup company is trying to improve on the Web browser with a free add-on tool
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Yahoo Adds Icahn to Board, Avoiding a Showdown
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT
Yahoo, the Internet portal, has averted a bruising proxy contest with the billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, by agreeing to appoint him and two others to its board, which the company will expand from 9 to 11. Times Topics: Yahoo | Carl C. Icahn | Battle
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eBay breaks bread with luxury goods firms
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:00 GMT
eBay is to pow-wow with luxury goods manufacturers which want the online tat bazaar to better police sales of fraudulent merchandise. The meeting, held in London on 28 July, brings together lawyers from eBay, along with representatives of luxury goods
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Billboard charts online music hits
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:29:00 GMT
(Fortune) -- Jeff Price likes to say he can get anybody's album on iTunes for 'the price of a six pack and a pizza.' Now the founder of TuneCore, a Brooklyn-based digital music distributor, is offering his customers something more: the chance to be on
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Yahoo! hands Icahn board seat, ends battle
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:04:00 GMT
Microhoo! Yahoo! and Carl Icahn have agreed to settle their differences and call off their proxy battle for control of the company. Icahn had proposed an alternative slate of directors and called on shareholders to vote in his favour at a general meeting
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Settlement Puts Icahn on Yahoo Board
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:53:00 GMT
SUNNYVALE, Calif. ? Yahoo Inc., the online search engine, said on Monday that it had reached a settlement with the billionaire investor Carl Icahn that will put him and two of his nominees on an expanded board. The agreement will avert a battle over
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Icahn-Yahoo declare truce
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:11:00 GMT
Still, the deal ends the prospect that Icahn, who has favored a sale of the company to Microsoft (MSFT), would end up in control of the board. That outcome appeared to be a longshot after Legg Mason Value Trust manager Bill Miller, a major Yahoo
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