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comScore, a leader in online audience measurement, recently turned 10, a fantastic achievement considering so many companies of that time folded up within months / years of starting out.

Struggling internet giant of yore, Yahoo! has named Carol Bartz, chairman and former CEO of Autodesk as successor to Jerry Yang, who stepped down a couple of months ago.

Yahoo has taken a 30% stake in Indian company, Info Network Management Company, which provides phone directory search service, Call Ezee. However, the exact valuation is not yet known. The Chennai based two year old company has a five member board, with promoters holding 70% after this dilution. According to founder TS Narayanaswamy, this investment by Yahoo would help them [...]

After almost 18 tumultous months at the helm, Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! has decided to step down from his present role of CEO. The internet giant has been beset with problems all year long, right from the time Microsoft attempted a hostile takeover bid which Yang’ rebuffed, becoming a bone of contention between the management and top [...]

Yahoo! announced tie-ups with two Indian mobile operators Idea and MTNL, for mobile advertising and Yahoo! oneSearch respectively. Among a series of new partnerships announced for the APAC region, five are for Yahoo! oneSearch (with MTNL, Hong Kong CSL Limited (CSL), Smart Communications, Philippines, Digital Mobile Phlis, Philippines and Vibo Telecom Inc, Taiwan). Yahoo! oneSearch would now be the preferred search [...]

Yahoo has formally terminated any chances of a deal with Microsoft while announcing a non-exclusive agreement with Google, who also explained the nitty gritty of the deal on the Google Blog. Some takeaways;

The share price of Yahoo! took an anticipated dive in response to Microsoft’s decision to walk away from the $47.5 billion deal. The price fell almost 20% in initial trading on the NASDAQ before closing at $24.47, down by 14.65% and below Microsoft’s revised offer of $33/share. Shares of Microsoft finished half a percent lower, closing at $29.08.