MSN.com set to get a major design update
Yahoo and AOL have gone through major updates in the recent times.
It is the turn of Microsoft owned MSN.com to launch a brand new user interface.
The new design is currently accessible through a different URL as they are testing it.
MSN.com would no longer feature [...]
Carl Icahn resigns from Yahoo board
Carl Icahn has announced that he is resigning from the board of Yahoo.
He had joined the company board last year with the aim of forcing the company to sign a deal with Microsoft.
Icahn said that Yahoo does not need an activist investor as a director at this [...]
Maggie Wilderotter to leave Yahoo board later this year
US based internet media giant Yahoo has revealed that Maggie Wilderotter would be leaving their board of directors at the end of the year.
Yahoo currently has 12 directors on their board.
The company said that Maggie Wilderotter is resigning to spend more time with other [...]
Yahoo might sell Zimbra in the near future
All Things Digital has reported that Yahoo is looking for a possible deal for their Zimbra unit.
They had acquired Zimbra in 2007 for around USD 350 million.
Looks like Zimbra could become the latest casualty of their trimming down process.
Reports are further claiming that Yahoo [...]
Carl Icahn sold some stake in Yahoo
Carl Icahn is one of the biggest individual investor in the internet media giant Yahoo.
Icahn has now revealed that he recently sold 12.7 million shares to bring down his ownership to around 4.5 percent.
These shares were sold at prices ranging between $14.74 and $14.93.
Incidentally, Icahn had [...]
Microsoft to hire around 400 Yahoo employees
Microsoft and Yahoo recently announced their collaborative deal on search engine technologies.
The deal would see Microsoft Bing powering Yahoo Search.
As a part of this deal, around 400 Yahoo employees would move to Microsoft.
This comes to around 3% of all Yahoo workers.
Microsoft already has around 91,000 employees [...]
Yahoo might be looking for a buyer for HotJobs and Yahoo Small Business
Industry sources have reported that the US based internet media giant Yahoo is considering selling some of their web based assets.
HotJobs and Yahoo Small Business might soon be put on sale if we are to believe reports in the media.
The company [...]
AOL to focus on core strengths for revival
AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong has said that the company has the potential to survive and become profitable even after it is spun out of Time Warner.
He is asking the investors to hold on to their stock in the company to reap the benefits in the coming [...]
Carl Icahn still wants a deal between Yahoo and Microsoft
Carl Icahn owns around 5% of Yahoo and he has expressed his support for a possible deal between Microsoft and Yahoo.
Industry sources have claimed that the two companies have begun talks once again for a possible deal on search related operations.
Yahoo and Microsoft [...]
Microsoft-Yahoo once again in news
Yahoo and Microsoft are not yet accepting it but industry sources say that the two giants are back in discussions for a possible collaboration.
Microsoft is said to be still interested in the search operations of Yahoo.
The rumours in the market have helped boost Yahoo’s stock price at the share [...]
