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Verizon takes a $5bn punt on combined Yahoo and AOL

Yahoo’s web business is being sold to US telecoms giant for $5bn, adding to Verizon’s online pot which includes AOL. Verizon bought AOL for $4.4bn last year. Yahoo will therefore no longer be an operating company but the owner of ...

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Mail owner joins the queue for Yahoo

Daily Mail and General Trust, which owns the Mail newspapers and Mail Online, has joined the suitors for Yahoo; which shows, if nothing else, that hope springs eternal. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (below), who joined from Google, has put the ...

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Yahoo signs Jose Mourinho for 2014 football fest

Yahoo has signed up Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as an ambassador cum analyst for its football coverage, including the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil. This will include Jose’s first big appearance on social media via a new Tumblr site. ...

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Marissa Mayer unveils new Yahoo line-up at CES

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (left) has announced some new goodies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. These include: A new Yahoo Advertising platform which includes a unified suite of digital advertising products for premium and audience-focused display, native ...

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