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Yahoo is due to close offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid and Milan

Yahoo to cut 15% of global workforce

Yahoo said today it would consider "strategic alternatives" for its core Internet business and cut about 15% of its workforce.

Business • 05 Feb 16

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said a separation from the Alibaba stake will provide more transparency

Yahoo shelves plan to spin off Alibaba stake

Yahoo has shelved a plan to spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding, citing tax concerns.

Business • 09 Dec 15

Yahoo said it expected fourth-quarter revenue of $1.16 billion-$1.20 billion

Yahoo signs ad pact with Google

Yahoo has signed a search advertising deal with Google, providing a potential boost to CEO Marissa Mayer's efforts to turn around the company.

Business • 21 Oct 15

Yahoo CEO Mayer expecting twins in December

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer expecting twins

Yahoo's chief executive Marissa Mayer has announced she is pregnant with identical twin girls, likely due in December.

Business • 01 Sep 15

Yahoo is spending more money to attract viewers to its network of websites

Rising costs lead to lower Yahoo forecast

Yahoo has forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the current quarter as it struggles to revive its core online advertising business and spends more to attract users to its websites.

Business • 22 Jul 15

Yahoo's revenue, after deducting fees paid to partner websites, fell to $1.04 billion from $1.09 billion in Q1

Yahoo's results miss forecasts as costs rise

Yahoo missed revenue and profit forecasts as slight growth in its online advertising businesses was outweighed by higher payments to partners and websites which send readers to Yahoo.

Business • 22 Apr 15

Yahoo expanded its presence in Ireland 2013 by 200, and now employs 320 people

CFO says talent pool attracted Yahoo to Ireland

The chief financial officer of global internet company Yahoo has said the business has developed a base in Ireland primarily because of the available talent pool.

News • 25 Mar 15

Yahoo announces Alibaba stake spinoff plan

Yahoo plans to spin off its 15% stake in China's Alibaba Group, responding to pressure from shareholders

Business • 28 Jan 15

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said the move will help boost the company's flagging search market share

Firefox deal will up search market share - Yahoo

Yahoo has struck a deal with Firefox maker Mozilla to replace Google as the default search engine on the Firefox Web browser in the US.

Business • 20 Nov 14

BrightRoll has revenues of over $100m a year

Yahoo buys video ad platform BrightRoll for $640m

Yahoo has announced a deal to buy video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640m to boost its ability to make money from marketing on desktop computers and mobile devices.

Business • 12 Nov 14

Yahoo last night disclosed its mobile revenue for the first time

Yahoo ekes out third quarter revenue gain

Yahoo last night reported a modest increase in revenue during the third quarter, exceeding lacklustre Wall Street targets.

Business • 22 Oct 14

Starboard Value called for a number of changes at Yahoo in a letter to CEO Marissa Mayer

Activist investor calls for Yahoo-AOL merger

Activist investor Starboard Value LP said it has acquired a "significant" stake in Yahoo and urged the Internet company to explore a merger with AOL.

Business • 26 Sep 14

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has been working to turn the web company around

Yahoo to retain higher Alibaba stake after IPO

Yahoo has pledged to pay its shareholders at least half the proceeds from Alibaba Group Holding’s mega-IPO this autumn and plans to keep a larger stake in the Chinese e-commerce company than expected.

Business • 16 Jul 14

Marissa Mayer has been working to turn the company around since taking over as CEO two years ago

Yahoo profits down but ad revenue up in Q1

Yahoo has again posted anemic quarterly revenue growth as the internet company's advertising business continues to lag its rivals, nearly two years into chief executive Marissa Mayer's comeback effort.

Business • 16 Apr 14

Still images were reportedly collected from Yahoo webcam chats

UK spy agency 'harvested' webcam images

British spy agency GCHQ has reportedly harvested webcam images, including sexually explicit material, of millions of internet users.

News • 27 Feb 14

Yahoo said the move was part of a streamlining of its European operations

Yahoo moving European tax base to Ireland

Yahoo is shifting its main European tax base to Ireland from Switzerland, according to an examination of company statements and accounts by news agency Reuters.

Business • 07 Feb 14

Yahoo's overall revenue fell 6% in the last three months of 2013 to $1.266 billion

Yahoo's fourth quarter revenue slides

Yahoo's online ad prices slid again in the fourth quarter, the company said last night.

Business • 29 Jan 14

Yahoo's chief operating officer Henrique de Castro leaves

Yahoo's chief operating officer to leave the firm

Yahoo chief operating officer Henrique de Castro is walking away with a stock award of $20m as the company struggles to boost revenues.

Business • 16 Jan 14

Google and Yahoo constantly send data over leased and shared or exclusive international fibre-optic telecommunication lines as they sync information

NSA accused of intercepting data centres' traffic

The US Justice Department has joined a lawsuit filed against the firm that vetted Edward Snowden who leaked documents about US spying efforts.

News • 31 Oct 13

Alibaba Group Holdings now set to float in New York

Alibaba set to seek IPO in US - sources

China's Alibaba Group Holding has decided to pursue an initial public offering in New York, sources said today.

Business • 25 Sep 13

Yahoo's Chinese and Japanese operations earned more than its US division

Yahoo grows profit but ad sales remain sluggish

Yahoo’s profits increased in the second quarter of 2013, according to the company’s latest results, however it continues to struggle against Google and Facebook in the area of online advertising.

Business • 17 Jul 13

Marissa Mayer gave details of the requests in a blog post

Yahoo reveals US government requests for user data

Yahoo has become the latest tech firm to reveal how many requests for user data it has received from US government agencies.

News • 18 Jun 13

Yahoo agrees most expensive deal since Overture purchase 10 years ago

Yahoo takes leap with $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

Business • 20 May 13

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer says company continues to see stability in its business

Yahoo's Q1 earnings surge but revenue sags

Yahoo is making more money under CEO Marissa Mayer, despite the Internet company struggling to sell more of the ads that bring in most of its revenue.

Business • 17 Apr 13

The deal is Yahoo's fifth small acquisition in the past five months

Teen sells app to Yahoo in deal worth 'millions'

A teenager has sold an app he designed to Yahoo in a deal believed to be worth tens of millions of pounds.

News • 26 Mar 13