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Google passes Yahoo to become most popular U.S. Web site
AP Internet WriterGoogle has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the United States, according to comScore Inc.'s rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors. Google Inc. has long been the Internet's leader in search, but its audience has trailed...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Internet, Google Inc
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Out To Oust Yahoo Board
The Associated PressBillionaire investor Carl Icahn is setting out to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors for "irresponsible" and "unconscionable" actions that led Microsoft Corp. to withdraw a $47.5 billion offer to buy the slumping Internet pioneer. In a letter sent...Tags: BEA Systems Incorporated, Microsoft Corporation, Mylan Laboratories Incorporated, Motorola, Inc., Blockbuster Incorporated
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Comcast to acquire contact manager Plaxo
AP Business WriterComcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online. The Philadelphia-based cable company said social...Tags: Cisco Systems Incorporated, Satellite and Cable Service, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Comcast Corporation, Sociology
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Google overtakes Yahoo in Web site rankings
Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the United States, according to ComScore Inc.'s rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors. Google Inc. has long been the Internet's leader in search, but its audience has trailed...Tags: Internet, Google Inc
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Yahoo Icahn's next target?
Tribune NewspapersSAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is weighing whether to use the stake he has amassed in Yahoo Inc. to launch a proxy fight to unseat some of the Internet pioneer's board members, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday....Tags: Demonstration, Newspapers, Elections, Internet, Oracle Corporation
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Yahoo shareholder plots mutiny
Associated PressAfter fending off months of threats by Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.'s directors still will have to fight for their jobs as the company's own irate shareholders plot a mutiny. Spurred by widespread criticism about how Yahoo's board responded to Microsoft's...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Corporate Officers, Shareholders, Elections, Internet
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"Grand Theft Auto IV" sales pass $500 million mark
"Grand Theft Auto IV" raked in more than $500 million in its first week in stores, selling more than 6 million units worldwide, the video game's publisher said yesterday. The highly anticipated title from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. has received...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Crimes, Game Playing, Electronic Arts Incorporated, Video Games
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Was Microsoft’s Yahoo bid legit?
Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.? The answer is taking on greater importance as more outraged Yahoo shareholders threaten to sue the company's board - or try to replace...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, California, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Internet, New York
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Google looking golden once again
Associated PressIt's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., appeared poised to combine forces and...Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Internet, Google Inc, Consumer Goods Industries, E-Commerce Industry
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With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search
AP Technology WriterWithout the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. Since it withdrew a $47.5 billion bid...Tags: aQuantive Incorporated, Internet, Time Warner Inc, Google Inc, Kevin Johnson
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