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Yahoo secretly spied on user emails for US inter
5 OCT 2016

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of
its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by US intelligence officials,
according to people familiar with the matter. The company complied with a classified US
government directive, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of
the National Security Agency or FBI, said two former employees and a third person apprised of
the events. Some surveillance experts said this represents the first case to surface of a US
internet company agreeing to a spy agency's demand by searching all arriving messages, as
opposed to examining stored messages or scanning a small number of accounts in real time. It
is not known what information intelligence officials were looking for, only that they wanted
Yahoo to search for a set of characters. That could mean a phrase in an email or an
attachment, said the sources, who did not want to be identified. Reuters was unable to
determine what data Yahoo may have handed over, if any. According to the two former
employees, Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer's decision to obey the directive roiled some
senior executives and led to the June 2015 departure of chief information security officer Alex
Stamos.Yahoo is a law abiding company , and complies with the laws of the US, the company
said in a statement in response to Reuters questions. Yahoo declined any further comment.

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Delhi High Court restrains Indian company from using 'Yahoo' trademark

13 SEP 2016

An Indian firm has been restrained from using the 'Yahoo' trademark or any other deceptively
similar mark as its product names by Delhi High Court which said it amounted to infringement
of the registered trademark of the US-based Yahoo Inc.

'Verizon focusing on collaboration, not job cuts with Yahoo acquisition'

13 SEP 2016

Verizon is focusing on synergies, not job cuts, with its multi-billion-dollar buy of faded internet
star Yahoo, executives said Monday at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference here.Verizon is
focusing on synergies, not job cuts, with its multi-billion-dollar buy of faded internet star Yahoo,
executives said Monday at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference here.

Yahoo CEO could get $44 million in severance package

12 SEP 2016

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stands to collect a $44 million severance package if she leaves after
Verizon completes its purchase of the once-mighty internet company.

Yahoo launches new 'Tiles' ad format in India

1 SEP 2016

Yahoo on Thursday announced the availability of "Yahoo Tiles" -- a new mobile ad format to
reach users through engaging, interactive content -- in India.

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Ex-Yahoo executive Khilan Haria joins Treebo as head of product
17 AUG 2016

Prior to joining Treebo, Haria was working as head of product at Teabox, a vertical e-commerce
company focused on premium tea.

Yahoo's new solution for free Hulu TV

8 AUG 2016

Yahoo on Monday launched a website for watching Hulu television shows in the United States.

Oil traders bid a fond farewell to Yahoo Messenger

5 AUG 2016

As European and American markets open on Friday, oil traders face a new era with Yahoo
Messenger, the main tool used by traders to communicate since the late 1990s, shutting down.

Accenture and Yahoo hold contest for innovative ideas

2 AUG 2016

Accenture, in association with Yahoo India, has launched a contest inviting full-time students in
India to use technology to develop innovative ideas. The deadline for submitting ideas is
August 17.

How Yahoo lost the plot

28 JUL 2016

These were the turning points that tech giant Yahoo! missed and became an also-ran.

The origins of oil trader Gene Grabinski's love of Yahoo

28 JUL 2016

For the oil industry, Yahoo's decision this week to sell its core business to Verizon
Communications for $4.8 billion does not matter all that much.

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