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Yahoo acquires Summly, which was created by a 15-year-old

Mar 25, 2013
Yahoo spent $30 million today to buy a news-aggregating app called Summly, which was created by Nick D'Aloisio when he was 15 years old.

The case for working from home: Commentary

Mar 7, 2013
Writer and artist Tim Sniffen explains why Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ban on working from home simply won't work for him.

Groupon: Not even the founder and CEO's job is safe

Mar 1, 2013
Groupon's board of directors fired company's founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, yesterday. But Mason is not the first founder and CEO to get the axe.

What's the big deal? Working from home stinks

Feb 27, 2013
What do you think? Is working from home a dream, or a daymare?

Will Yahoo inspire your boss to ban telecommuting?

Feb 26, 2013
Maybe, but companies must weigh several factors before reversing the trend toward letting some employees work from home.

Yahoo's homepage gets help from Facebook

Feb 21, 2013
Yahoo launches a new website this week, with a Facebook partnership. It's the latest tech connection involving Yahoo, as new CEO Marissa Mayer retools the web company.

What are corporate boards for?

Dec 14, 2012
Yahoo has had four different CEOs in quick succession. Now it's changed almost all its directors in a single year. What can that say about a company?

For public good, not for profit.

New CEO plans to motivate Yahoo! employees

Sep 24, 2012
Free phones and free lunch are nice perks, but what about innovations that get the company growing again?

A new new strategy for Yahoo coming soon

Sep 24, 2012
New CEO Marissa Meyer is expected to use her Google experience to jump-start growth at Yahoo

Yahoo to reward shareholders with billions

Sep 19, 2012
Yahoo sold part of its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba and will honor a promise to reward shareholders instead of keeping the cash.
The Yahoo logo is displayed in front of the Yahoo headquarters on July 17, 2012 in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo sold part of its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba and will honor a promise to reward shareholders instead of keeping the cash.
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