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Stocks in focus for Friday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 2 hours 8 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Brown-Forman Corp., Big Lots Inc., and Royal Bank of Canada.

Novell, Guess rise; Microsoft names ex-Yahoo executive - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 2 hours 8 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Novell Inc. and Guess Inc. shares gained after both companies reported earnings after the close of regular trading Thursday, while Microsoft edged up after hiring a former Yahoo executive to head its internet services division.

Microsoft Hires Former Yahoo Executive
Wall Street Journal, The | 4 hours 46 minutes ago
Microsoft Corp. hired a former top executive from Yahoo Inc. to run its Internet operations, seeking to strengthen a strategically important business in which the software giant has struggled to gain traction.The appointment of Qi Lu as president of the online services group at the company fills a glaring vacancy in Microsoft's management as the Redmond, Wash., company tries to catch up to Google Inc., the dominant player in the online search and advertising markets. At the same time, Microso...

Icahn says no Microsoft-Yahoo search deal 'imminent' - MarketWatch
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Icahn seems to think Yahoo shares can get back to $20 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 2 days 21 hours 58 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Perhaps Carl Icahn is a better blackjack player than he is an investor.

AOL Veteran Seeks Billions to Make Run for Yahoo
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 11 hours 57 minutes ago
Former AOL chief Jonathan Miller is talking to investors about raising money to purchase all or part of Yahoo Inc., a long-shot deal that signals that investors' interest in the troubled Internet property has yet to subside.Mr. Miller, who ran AOL from 2002 to 2006, has been sounding out private-equity investors and sovereign-wealth funds for months, and it is unclear where the talks stand, these people say.

It's time to reframe the Yahoo debate - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 8 days 20 hours 15 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- There's an old adage: When a debate is raging about a topic or when sentiment wanes and apathy sets in, it is time to reframe the debate.

SEC Approves NYSE Arca Market-Data Fees >NYX
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 2 hours 15 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Securities and Exchange Commission weighed in this week on a long-running controversy, issuing an order to approve market data fees proposed by NYSE Arca, an electronic stock exchange owned by NYSE Euronext (NYX). The SEC's staff signed off on the fees in June 2006, but met with opposition from media and Internet companies that buy and disseminate stock-market data. Opponents petitioned the five-member commission to step in and it issued a preliminary order in Ju...

U.S. stock futures rise after Monday's battering - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 2 days 11 hours 52 minutes ago
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Monday's biggest gaining and declining stocks - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 12 hours 51 minutes ago
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Stocks expected to move significantly in trading on Monday include the retailers as well as Citi, GM, Mentor, Microsoft, Midway Games, Qimonda, Trump Entertainment and Yahoo.

Yahoo shares dip below $10 mark, first time since 2003 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 7 hours 35 minutes ago
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Yahoo says Yang will step down as CEO - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 16 days 20 hours 49 minutes ago
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Divx lowers outlook on alleged Yahoo breach of contract - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 16 days 20 hours 50 minutes ago
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Overheard
Wall Street Journal, The | 5 days 21 hours 17 minutes ago
Carl Icahn continues weaving a cunning web at Yahoo Inc., or does he? His purchase of another $67 million of shares in the Internet portal this past week sparked a rally and rumors about Yahoo's future.When sophisticated investors realize they are wrong on a trade, they are quick to cut their losses and move on. But Mr. Icahn's latest move has the look of someone averaging down on a losing position. Regardless of Friday's bounce, Yahoo's closing price of $11.51 is far below the roughly $25 wh...

Dow slides 680 points on gloomy global economy - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 5 hours 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks stumbled on Monday, with the Dow industrials sliding nearly 680 points, as economic reports from around the world compounded anxiety about a global recession.