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Skype Still Down…Will It Ever Come Back?
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:31pm | 161Read More...If you're one of the millions of Skype users, you are fully aware that Skype is down today. What started as a minor problem for some users has quickly broadened to nearly every Skype user. Benzinga reached out to Skype to find out what was going on, but the company was unable to comment at this...
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Skype Outage Impacts Millions
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:29pm | 168Read More...Earlier today, Benzinga reported that Skype – the online messaging tool co-owned by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) – was down for some users. Now it appears that the service is down for everyone, causing minor communication problems to general users and business professionals alike. Many corporations use...
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Piper Jaffray's Internet Search Update
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 9:26am | 148Read More...Piper Jaffray is out with its Internet Search update today and notes lower search share for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Google's search share dropped to 66.2% in November from 66.3% in October. Yahoo's search share dropped to 16.4% in November from 16.5% in October. Piper...
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Yahoo! Needs To Be Saved
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:36pm | 128Read More...News Corp.'s digital boss Jon Miller gave his views on Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO)in an interview with Business Insider this morning. When asked if Yahoo can be saved, Miller states, "For Yahoo it's a product question. They have some strong ideas and directions, they need products. I'm waiting to see."...
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News Corp.'s Jon Miller: “I Have Three Jobs: Surgeon, Midwife, And Astrologer”
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:13pm | 145Read More...At the IGNITION Conference in New York City, News Corp.'s Jon Miller spoke to Business Insider about companies like AOL and Yahoo and whether or not they can be saved. “I say I have three jobs: surgeon, midwife and astrologer,” Miller replied. “You're asking about the doctor part. Think about fix,...
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First Twitter, Now Groupon: Google Tries To Buy Another Giant (GOOG)
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 9:57am | 163Read More...Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is quite the busy company these days. First, there were reports that the entity tried to acquire Twitter. Now there are reports that Google has set its sights on the fast-growing Groupon. Apparently, Google offered much more than the reported $2 to $3 billion that Yahoo!...
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Yahoo Calls Report on Layoffs Inaccurate
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 12:31pm | 78Read More...As Yahoo fights to compete with Google, reports of layoffs have surfaced. TechCrunch released a report last Friday that Yahoo was planning to lay off 20% of its employees. Yahoo stated that they are "always evaluating expenses to align with the company's financial goals. However, a 20 percent...
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Upon Flattened Advertising Growth, Benchmark Anticipates A Soft 3Q For Yahoo!
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 11:04am | 117Read More...When Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) reports its 3Q10 results on Tuesday, Benchmark expects soft results as display advertising growth flattened in 3Q10 and Yahoo seemed to lose search market share. “Recent takeover speculation has driven Yahoo's share price higher,” Benchmark writes, noting that it...
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A Snapshot of Caterina Fake, Co-Founder of Flickr and Hunch
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 2:27pm | 2645Read More...Hello and welcome to Zing Talk, where Benzinga brings you the biggest names and brightest minds from New York City to Silicon Valley. Direct Download Subscribe in iTunes Today our guest is Caterina Fake, the co-founder of the popular photo-sharing service Flickr as well as a great new “...
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Yahoo To Be Bought by AOL?
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 10:09am | 363Read More...The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AOL (NYSE: AOL) and some private equity firms are thinking about buying Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). While there is nothing confirmed at this point, and even the WSJ says Yahoo doesn't know about it yet, but the rumors alone sent Yahoo's stock up 13% in after...
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Benchmark On The Internet Sector
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 9:09am | 403Read More...Benchmark has downgraded the Internet sector from Overweight to Market Weight and core internet holdings currently are believed to be Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN). In the report, Benchmark writes "The Internet Holdings Company Depositary Receipts...
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Goldman Sachs' Global Internet Notables Summary
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 7:52am | 253Read More...Goldman Sachs has published a research report on Global Internet Notables for the week of October 11, 2010. In the report, Goldman Sachs writes "For the week ending Monday, October 11, 2010, the market-weighted Internet average increased 1.7% week over week, underperforming the NASDAQ, up 2.5%, and...
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Citigroup Maintains its Rating and Price Target for Yahoo Following July Downgrade
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 1:34pm | 169Read More...When Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) makes its report on October 19th, Citigroup will be looking for Gross Revenue of $1.61B, Net Revenue of $1.13B, EBIT of $182MM and GAAP EPS of $0.17, vs. consensus estimates of Gross Revenue of approximately $1.60B, Net Revenue of $1.13B, EBIT of $178MM, and GAAP EPS...
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Yahoo! to Hold Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call October 19, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 9:08am | 90Read More...Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO): WHAT: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO - News) will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. WHEN: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific/5:00 p.m. Eastern HOW: The live Webcast of Yahoo!'s Q3...
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Yahoo! Executives Depart: What Will 4Q Bring?
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 8:05am | 168Read More...Jefferies & Co. believes that the departures of Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) Hilary Schneider, David Ko, and Jimmy Pitaro could not have come at a worse time as the company makes its transition to Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) paid search engine Bing. In a research report, Jefferies writes "With the...
