Yahoo takeover

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Security experts: 'No one should have faith in Yahoo at this point'
Yahoo ‘did not take security seriously enough’, failing to prevent a hack which exposed the data of 1 billion users

Samuel Gibbs

15, Dec, 2016 @12:29 PM

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What's next for Flickr after Yahoo's sale?
Future of photo-sharing site remains unclear but its founders say the innovation at Flickr died as soon as it was acquired in 2005

Olivia Solon in San Francisco

25, Jul, 2016 @10:35 PM

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From Tumblr to Katie Couric, here's everything Verizon just bought from Yahoo
Verizon has acquired your emails, photos and embarrassing teenage blogs (plus a former NYT columnist and an ABC host)

Alex Hern

25, Jul, 2016 @3:13 PM

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Daily Mail publisher in talks with companies over Yahoo takeover
Daily Mail and General Trust aims to take on news and media properties if a private equity company strikes a deal

Mark Sweney

10, Apr, 2016 @11:08 PM

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New Yahoo bid ups price to $25bn

Private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital reported to be working with Alibaba to make full bid for web portal that would value above earlier bids by Microsoft and others. By Charles Arthur and agencies

Charles Arthur and agencies

01, Dec, 2011 @7:34 AM

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Yahoo receives bid for 19.9% stake valuing it at $20.6bn
Microsoft-linked private equity group Silver Lake Partners offers $16.50 a share, while TPG Capital says it will pay a dollar more. By Juliette Garside

Juliette Garside

30, Nov, 2011 @4:15 PM

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Microsoft considering fresh bid for Yahoo, say sources

Yahoo's shares soared by 10% on the rumour that the software giant said to be considering a fresh bid for the internet business

Dominic Rushe in New York

05, Oct, 2011 @9:34 PM

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Yahoo fires chief and puts itself up for sale in search for success
Carol Bartz sacked as online firm struggles to match the might of Google and Apple

Charles Arthur and Dan Sabbagh

07, Sep, 2011 @8:04 PM

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Audio: Tech Weekly podcast: Apple's results - more iPads than Macs, Ray Ozzie leaves Microsoft

This week's Guardian Tech Weekly podcast asks how Apple is poised to become the biggest company in the world

Presented by Jemima Kiss and produced by Scott Cawley

20, Oct, 2010 @8:06 AM

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Yahoo 'targeted for buyout'
Shares rise as AOL and News Corp are reported to have been approached by private equity firms about takeover

Charles Arthur

14, Oct, 2010 @9:43 AM

Breakfast briefing: Microsoft and Yahoo canoodle while Sony Ericsson says no to Google

Today's stories from around the web: 'Full steam ahead' for search deal | Mobile maker turned down Nexus One | Pictory's latest instalment

Bobbie Johnson, San Francisco

19, Feb, 2010 @7:30 AM

Europe rubber stamps Microsoft's Yahoo deal

Two years after Microsoft first tried to buy Yahoo, the search agreement between the technology rivals has been given a green light by European regulators

Bobbie Johnson, San Francisco

19, Feb, 2010 @12:18 AM

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