Yahoo! ups share buyback by $5 bn; may raise up to $1.15 bn

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 19:44

In a filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Yahoo! Inc said: "It has increased its share buyback authorisation by USD 5 billion."

Yahoo increases share buyback authorization by $5 billion

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:00

Yahoo Inc said it has increased its share repurchase authorization by USD 5 billion and that it planned to offer USD 1 billion in convertible notes.

Yahoo vows to encrypt website traffic

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 09:16

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer today said the Internet firm will begin encrypting data to protect users from online snooping.

Yahoo! users give thumbs down to latest email change

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 19:46

Yahoo!`s revamped email service is getting a big, fat thumbs down from users.

Yahoo again tops Google in US Web visitors in Sept

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 09:31

For the third month in a row, more Americans visited Yahoo`s websites than Google`s, according to comScore Inc`s Internet traffic data for September.

Yahoo tried to slow Microsoft search rollout: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 08:51

A US judge ruled on Monday that Yahoo must adopt Microsoft`s search technology in Taiwan and Hong Kong under their partnership, forged in 2010.

Yahoo`s `revamped` email service frustrates users

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 10:47

Yahoo`s so-called `revamped` email service is apparently putting off its users, who are finding the redesigned overall appearance of the service, similar to that of Google`s Gmail.

Yahoo to keep larger stake in Alibaba after its IPO

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 09:26

Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it will keep a larger stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd than originally planned after it goes public, hoping to profit from the Chinese e-commerce company`s future growth.

Yahoo reports 29,000 government data requests

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 22:35

Yahoo said in the report released yesterday, covering the first six months of 2013, that 12,444 of the requests from worldwide governments came from the United States.

Yahoo reports 29,000 government data requests

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 09:07

Yahoo received some 29,000 government requests for data on its users this year, with almost half coming from the United States, according to the company`s global transparency report.

Yahoo shuts down China site following steep drop in popularity

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 12:26

Yahoo has reportedly shut down its Chinese portal for news and community in order to adjust its operations strategy and redirects its users to a site run by Alibaba.