Yahoo kills 'Livestand' just 6 months after debut

Source: Miami Herald

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort. Last ...
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Yahoo pulls plug on Livestand iPad app

Source: Minneapolis - St. Paul Business Journal

Yahoo said on Friday that it is shutting down its Livestand iPad news reader app, months after it was rolled out. Yahoo Inc. said on Friday that it is shutting down Livestand months after rolling out the iPad news reader app that it hope ...
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Now, Yahoo! Inc. launches own browser 'Axis'

Source: New Kerala

The announcement was made in the U.S. last night, as the firm, which has recently lost its chief executive, battles to remain relevant and keep its users. "Our search strategy is predicated on two core beliefs, one, that people want answers, ...
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Top Buys by Directors: Amoroso’s $154.3K Bet on YHOO

Source: Forbes Blogs

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose ...
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Alibaba.com shareholders OK $2.5 billion privatization bid

Source: Los Angeles Times

Alibaba.com will go private, buying back Yahoo's stake for $2.5 billion (AP Photo / May 25, 2012) Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant that looks a bit like a mash-up of EBay, PayPal and Amaz ...
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Week in review: May 19-25

Source: Westlaw Business Currents

May 25 – Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's top drugmaker, is to buy Brazil's Multilab for up to 540 million Brazilian reals ($265 million). Takeda will pay 500 million reals upfront to the owners of Multilab and up to 40 million in additio ...
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Bears Expect Yahoo! to Breach Support

Source: SchaeffersResearch.com

Bearish speculators in Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO - 15.35) project almost 10% of downside from the stock in the next few months; a move of this magnitude would lower the shares below intermediate-term support. To capitalize on this expected move, traders ...
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Cursing At Work Is Not Always A Bad Idea

Source: The Huffington Post

Carol Bartz, fired as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.20% last September, wishes she did one thing differently during her troubled tenure. "I probably wouldn't have said the F-word,'' Ms. Bartz said at a Women in the Economy confer ...
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Beware of resume embellishments

Source: Vancouver Sun

CHICAGO - A little GPA padding. A slight fib on a job title. A clerical error on dates. What might seem like innocuous tweaks or typos on a resume can compound themselves, creating a mess for the individ ...
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