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Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company (AP)

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Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company (AP)

AP - Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is leaving the struggling company as it tries to revive its revenue growth and win over disgruntled shareholders under a new leader.

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Facebook, Google, others face charges in India (AP)

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AP - For the first time, Indian prosecutors are taking Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other networking sites to court for refusing to remove material considered insulting to Indian leaders and major religious figures.

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Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO (AP)

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AP - Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.

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Yahoo picks PayPal’s pocket to hire latest CEO (AP)

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Yahoo picks PayPal’s pocket to hire latest CEO (AP)

AP - Yahoo's previous turnaround attempts have flopped under three different leaders with dramatically different backgrounds — former movie mogul Terry Semel, beloved Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and profanity-spewing Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz.

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Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo (Reuters)

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Reuters - Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership fail.

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