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Yahoo shares slump on Microsoft pullout

Posted by: ADMIN on: May 6, 2008

Yahoo fell $US4.30, or 15%, to $US24.37, after Microsoft pulled out of its offer to acquire Yahoo.
The 15% plunge is the most since July 2006.  But the price is still 27% higher than Yahoo’s stock close of $US19.18 before the Microsoft offer.

Apple Tops Consumer Reports’ Ratings

Posted by: ADMIN on: May 6, 2008

Apple’s tech support received high scores across the board for both laptop and desktop systems in Consumer Reports’ latest survey featured in the June issue.
Other companies that stood out in CR’s survey were Lenovo, which was outstanding at problem-solving for laptops, and Dell, which was above average in this area for both desktops and laptops.

Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. to work on search safety

Posted by: ADMIN on: May 6, 2008

Yahoo has said that they are now working with McAfee to improve the safety of their search results.
Yahoo said that their search results would soon begin displaying red exclamation point and a warning next to links which McAfee believes are harmful for them.
Yahoo would also be killing dangerous links from search results which are notified [...]


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