news.cnet.com - 12/11/2008
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Updated 2:43 p.m. PST with precise layoff total. Updated at 7:23 p.m. PST with comments from Yahoo employees. SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Yahoo began issuing pink slips Wednesday to the majority of the employees affected by its previously announced 10 percent job cut, the company confirmed. Most of the ...
tech.yahoo.com - 12/8/2008
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- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer again voiced support
for purchasing Yahoo or its search business, hinting in...
a published report that a deal between the two companies may be reached before the end of the year. In an interview with The Wall Street ...
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Report: Ballmer Says Yahoo Deal Better 'sooner Than ...
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The Tech Report: News —
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki 2:58 AM on December 11, 2008 Thursday AppleInsider reports Psystar drops antitrust gripes in fresh counterclaim against Apple Gizmodo's rumor smash : no Zune phone at CES Yahoo shareholder urges sale of search to Microsoft The pink slips arrive at Yahoo DigiTimes reports first-tier motherboard makers suffer on-year revenue drop in November except MSI DailyTech reports Office Depot to cut over 100 retail stores & 2,200 employees Fudzilla has AMD SB800 Southbridge detailed and ...
More speculation on Yahoo's CEO choices
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... Speculation about the choice for the new Yahoo CEO search continues in the wake of the layoffs Yahoo announced last week. And Kara Swisher continues her search for Jerry Yang's replacement, ...
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