Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. , seeking new ways to make money from Internet-search advertising, is dressing up its plain-text search ads with movie and TV previews.
Microsoft has agreed to hire at least 400 Yahoo employees as part of the companies’ new plan to share revenue on Internet search advertising, a regulatory filing showed Wednesday.
Microsoft Corp. will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc. if government regulators approve the companies’ proposed Internet search partnership, and Yahoo will receive $150 million to cover any unexpected costs during the switch to new technology.
Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc.
Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt can’t wait for the Internet search leader’s free operating system to debut next year.
A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is “reasonable to be optimistic for 2010,” internet search giant Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday.
Agencies New Delhi, June 14: Internet search giant Yahoo! on Sunday said India is one of the ‘top emerging markets’ and it would release a slew of products over next few months for further consolidating its position in the country.
Google Inc. doesn’t believe it needs to change its ways despite three separate U.S. government inquiries into whether some of the Internet search leader’s actions are thwarting competition.
Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz elaborated on her views on a potential Internet search partnership with Microsoft Corp, even as she stressed that Yahoo was not under any pressure to do a deal and downplayed Microsoft’s newly-released search engine.
Yahoo Inc.’s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms ? including “boatloads of money.”
