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New Yahoo CEO's pay package over $25mn

Yahoo’s new CEO Scott Thompson will be receiving a hefty pay package close to $27 million, a filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals.

Yahoo set to reduce investment in Asian market

Internet giant Yahoo is all set to reduce its investment in the Asian market by selling its shares in Alibaba Group and SoftBank.

Google attracts billion visitors; beats Microsoft, Facebook

According to the data unveiled by ComScore, search engine giant Google surpassed its tech rivals Microsoft and Facebook in terms of unique visitors.

LinkedIn debuts spectacularly on NYSE, IPO doubles

LinkedIn (LNKD), the largest professional-networking website, joined the elite list of companies whose initial public offering (IPO) more than doubled on the first day of trading.

Apple, Facebook use 'dirty' energy--Greenpeace report

Have you ever imagined the amount of pollution generated while you are online?

MySpace to cut employee strength by 47%

Social networking site MySpace announced Tuesday that it is going to reduce its workforce by nearly 50 percent as part of restructuring efforts of the site.

7 Reasons to Worry About Next Year

The year is ending on an upbeat note. The Dow hit a two-year high this week, and most investors appear to believe that the economy will continue to improve in 2011. Well, not so fast.

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades

 
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing.

 

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades

At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing.

The Best Stocks for 2011: Yahoo!

 

This article is part of our "Best Stocks for 2011" series where our Foolish writers pick their top stock ideas for the year ahead. Click here to see a review of last year's picks and our 12 recommendations for the year ahead.




Baidu Gives Them Something to Talk About

 Sina's (Nasdaq: SINA) Weibo is turning heads as China's fast-growing microblogging website, but it's not alone. Chinese search leader Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) is off to a strong start with a new site that blends the microblogging allure of Twitter with the viral nature of Facebook.

 

China Digital TV Shares Popped/Plunged: What You Need to Know

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.