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Straits Times - Tue Nov 24, 7:37 pm ET
WASHINGTON - Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said on Tuesday. Yahoo! and Microsoft had originally planned to finalise the agreement by Oct 27 but have mutually agreed to extend their negotiations beyond the original date.
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TechCrunch - Wed Nov 25, 4:40 pm ET
The brains behind Yahoo Boss , a young engineer named Vik Singh, is leaving Yahoo to become an entrepreneur-in-residence at Sutter Hill Ventures. Earlier this year, Singh was named to Technology Review' s 35 Under 35 list at the age of 24. Singh is exactly the kind of talent Yahoo should be trying to hold onto, but that is hard to do now that it is ceding search to Microsoft . Singh is more ...
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National Post - Tue Nov 24, 5:55 pm ET
Canadian officials have approved a landmark search advertising deal between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., but the deal still faces potential antitrust hurdles in both the United States and Europe.
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Ars Technica - Wed Nov 25, 3:54 pm ET
Australia and Canada have both approved the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search and advertising deal, making them the first regulators in the world to sign off on it, giving Microhoo two fewer antitrust authority groups to worry about. "Microsoft and Yahoo! have been notified that Australian and Canadian authorities have separately concluded their reviews and have no objections to our proposed ...
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WebProNews - Wed Nov 25, 2:15 pm ET
We'll admit it: so far, most conversations concerning the Microsoft-Yahoo deal and antitrust issues have related to the U.S. and Europe. Still, two potential roadblocks were eliminated yesterday when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau signaled their intent not to oppose the partnership. The development's official, and Microsoft and Yahoo are ...
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Northern Star - Tue Nov 24, 10:28 pm ET
AUSTRALIAN and Canadian competition authorities have approved the internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said on Tuesday.
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MalaysiaNews.net - Thu Nov 26, 10:41 am ET
Optimal Health Science and Dazzlesmile LLC sued a slew of companies for infringement, amid other allegations. Already, the allegedly infringing and deceptive website DazzleSmilePro has stopped taking ...
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Search Engine Journal - Thu Nov 26, 10:53 am ET
Happy Thanksgiving from Search Engine Journal to all of the search industry and all readers who come across our site. This year, I'm spending my Thanksgiving morning shacked up in a Hampton Inn in Tamarc, FL .. watching the Macys Parade on the TV, enjoying my continental breakfast and getting ready to head over to Dave Snyder's parents' house for… Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine ...
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New York Times - Tue Nov 24, 2:26 am ET
Google , leader in Web search, said it was buying the Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent , a move that expands its competition with display leader Yahoo , Reuters reported.
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AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 pm ET
What if somebody made a version of "Mad Men", but they replaced the nostalgia and sex appeal with timeliness and accuracy? It would be sort of amusing, in small doses. Like this clip Yahoo made with other pitchmen in mind: Personally, I think this stuff needs to be a lot shorter, like the industry satire ...
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WebProNews - Tue Nov 24, 4:45 pm ET
Yahoo has started rolling out some new Search Assist features for its web search boxes. They are present in the search boxes of most Yahoo properties. For example, you can find them on Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News, or Yahoo Finance. "These new features can take you directly to the information you need, whether it is real-time stock quotes or movie trailers," explains Yahoo Search Senior Product ...
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Search Engine Journal - Tue Nov 24, 4:53 pm ET
While Google was busy working with more search ads formats, Yahoo on the other hand is busy improving their Search Assist feature. So, today Yahoo has just rolled out several new features aimed at helping searchers find the right information on various Yahoo online properties including Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports and Yahoo! Finance. The new Search Assist features make use of… Check out the SEO ...
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WebProNews - Tue Nov 24, 5:15 pm ET
Yahoo conducted a survey of small business online retailers to find out how they think they'll perform this upcoming holiday season compared to previous years. "Surprisingly, based on the current economic landscape, the results show an optimistic outlook, with over 60 percent of the Yahoo! merchants surveyed expecting sales to be the same as most years or even stronger," a representative for ...
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Wired News - Wed Nov 25, 4:23 pm ET
DazzleSmile accuses the three major search engines of selling advertising space to scam companies that infringed on its teeth-whitening trademarks. If we don't all get cleaner teeth out of the suit, we might get more stringent standards about deceptive advertising on the net.
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Search Engine Journal - Wed Nov 25, 1:53 am ET
Two down, two to go for the Microsoft-Yahoo search ads deal. Both the Canadian and Australiation anti-trust authorities have just cleared the controversial deal. In a joint announced published by SeattlePI blog, Yahoo and Microsoft jointly stated that: "Microsoft and Yahoo! have been notified that Australian and Canadian authorities have separately concluded their reviews and have no objections ...