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News and interviews on Yahoo including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Monday, 04 June 2012

How leaders should respond to falling markets

CEOs don’t spend all day peering at share prices, but a falling market can pose challenges for a company’s management.
 

Friday, 01 June 2012

Spreets co-founders set to leave Yahoo!7

The co-founders of online deal site Spreets have left Yahoo!7 to jump back into the world of start-ups.
 

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Caveat emptor for Facebook launch

The Facebook float hype is over, so it's worth recalling some fundamental lessons smart companies can take away from the whole thing.
 

Thursday, 17 May 2012

BEST OF THE WEB: How Yahoo! ruined Flickr – and its entire internet strategy

Yahoo! has been on a downward spiral for some time now, but its downfall harks back to 2005 when it bought a humble little photo-sharing start-up called Flickr – and ruined a perfect opportunity.
 

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: When you use Facebook is just as important as how

SMEs have been using Facebook for years. But a new study shows how they’re using it may not be as important as their timing.
 

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Why shareholders are getting more demanding

Shareholder activism and the rise of superannuation funds have dramatically changed the landscape for CEOs.
 

US television ad spending grows alongside internet: Study

Spending on television advertising in the US grew by 4.5%, despite predictions the growth of the internet would erode television spending, according to a new Nielsen survey.
 

Monday, 14 May 2012

Yahoo chief Scott Thompson resigns over resume controversy – and three other executives who have done the same thing

Barely a week after Yahoo chief Scott Thompson was criticised over an error in his resume, the former PayPal executive has resigned.
 

Thursday, 10 May 2012

BEST OF THE WEB: How Mark Zuckerberg transformed into a competent CEO – and took Silicon Valley by surprise

Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook when he was barely out of his 20s, with little to no business experience at all. Yet he’s transformed into a surprisingly competent CEO ahead of the company’s float – here’s how he did it.
 

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Don’t underestimate high quality photography

David Jones and Amazon both announced they would spend more time and money on high quality photography. It’s a wake-up call for online retailers which aren’t doing the same.
 

Monday, 07 May 2012

Yahoo CEO controversy continues

The controversy over Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson and an error that mistakenly identified him as having a degree he never received has continued.
 

Friday, 04 May 2012

Yahoo CEO in the clear over false resume accusations: Five resume tricks you need to watch for

Internet giant Yahoo hasn’t had much luck over the past few years and it has run into yet another controversy after a major shareholder accused its new chief executive of falsifying some of his education credentials.
 

Thursday, 05 April 2012

Yahoo! ordered to pay $225,000 by Victorian court for defamatory publication in “landmark” case

The Supreme Court of Victoria has ordered Yahoo! Inc to pay damages of $225,000 to a Melbourne man after a jury found he had been defamed by a crime website which included an article sourced from the Herald Sun.
 

Friday, 21 January 2011

Did Yahoo!7 pay too much for group buying site Spreets?

Yahoo!7’s surprise $40 million acquisition of group buying site Spreets has set tongues wagging in internet and media sectors.
 

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Australia’s leading group-buying Spreets site bought by Yahoo!7 for $40 million

Yahoo7! has announced this morning it will pay $40 million for local group buying operator Spreets.
 

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Top 10 search marketing predicitions for 2011

Last year was another frenetic year of change in the world of search marketing. We look at what's ahead for 2011.
 

Friday, 07 January 2011

Bing continues to consolidate: Goodbye Yahoo Search

This week, Microsoft announced it’s started the rollout of Bing search results to replace the results from Yahoo. So be prepared.
 

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

Facebook valued at over $US50 billion after Goldman Sachs buys stake

Facebook is now worth more than $US50 billion, eclipsing the worth of internet giants such as Yahoo and eBay.
 

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Court dismisses Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent infringement claims as Yahoo lays off hundreds of workers

Paul Allen, who launched a range of legal attacks against some of the tech industry’s biggest players including eBay, Facebook and Apple, has had his case dismissed from court.
 

Thursday, 09 December 2010

How do we reduce the amount of time our systems are down?

Now is definitely a good time to be researching cloud based solutions.
 
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