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  End Of An Era As Verizon Buys Yahoo For $4.8 Billion

  Verizon Communications Inc said on Monday that it would buy Yahoo Inc's core internet properties for $4.83 billion in cash, marking the end of the line for a storied Web pioneer and setting the stage for a big new internet push by the telecom giant.

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  Verizon Emerges As Front-Runner In Yahoo Auction: Report

  Yahoo Inc is focused on selling its core assets to US telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc after reviewing final bids that it received in an auction, people familiar with the matter said.

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  AOL Cuts 100 Jobs, Mainly in Dial-Up Business: Report

  Digital media company AOL has laid off around 100 employees, mainly in its dial-up business, as it looks to eliminate overlap with parent Verizon Communcations Inc, Techcrunch.com reported on Tuesday.

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  Verizon Buys Faded Internet Pioneer AOL for $4.4 Billion

  AOL was a technology behemoth in 2000 when it bought Time Warner for more than $160 billion. That deal became a disaster and AOL was spun off from Time Warner in 2009 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange at a value of $3.4 billion.

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  Yahoo-AOL Merger Proposal: Recipe for Revival, or Stagnation?

  Investors are revisiting one of the most speculated Internet combinations, after activist investor Starboard on Friday pressured Yahoo to merge with AOL.

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  Activist Investor Buys Stake in Yahoo, Urges AOL Merger

  Activist investor Starboard Value LP has said it has acquired a "significant" stake in Yahoo Inc and urged the internet company to explore a merger with AOL Inc.

• AOL Q1 Profit Misses Estimates; Shares Tumble

  AOL Inc on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit fell, missing expectations as it sheds businesses and upgrades its advertising operations, sending its stock tumbling 22 per cent.

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  Microsoft to get video content from AOL

  Online media group AOL Inc said on Friday it would offer its video content on Microsoft Corp's platforms, starting this summer.

• Google, Microsoft, Twitter, 5 others push for limits on government surveillance

  Eight US web giants have joined hands to start a public campaign for new limits on how governments collect user information amid concerns of growing online surveillance.

• Wall Street rally rolls into fifth day; banks and tech lead

  U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, bolstered by the financial and technology sectors, and were set to scale fresh highs as a rally kept going for a fifth consecutive session.

• Wall Street edges lower after four days of gains

  U.S. stocks were modestly lower on Wednesday as investors locked in profits after four days of gains which took equity indexes to fresh highs a day earlier.

• Sleeping ad giant Amazon finally stirs

  After running ads on its own website for years, the company has taken the first steps toward becoming a true Internet advertising network, using the knowledge garnered from its data to place targeted ads for some of the world's biggest advertisers across thousands of other websites.

• Microsoft co-founder to open investment office in Silicon Valley

  Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, is opening an office in Silicon Valley to make new investments in emerging technology and internet companies.

• Wall Street rises, Nasdaq at 12-year closing high

  The Nasdaq composite index closed at a 12-year high and the S&P 500 index at a five-year high as stronger US and international trade data lifted stocks on optimism about the economy.

• AOL ad sales boost third quarter profits

  AOL Inc reported higher-than-expected revenue and profit on the strongest advertising growth the company has seen in seven years.