Patti Hart, the newly elected board member at Yahoo, comes to the Internet giant as she seeks to turn around another company: International Game Technology, the Reno-based slot-machine company she's led since April of last year.

Yahoo Inc is splitting the duties for its North American sales operations among four internal executives instead of replacing the sales boss that left the Internet giant nearly five months ago.

Yahoo Inc is splitting the duties for its North American sales operations among four internal executives instead of replacing the sales boss that left the Internet giant nearly five months ago.

Yahoo reports a sharp gain in second-quarter profit, thanks to improving margins, but the Internet giant also delivers search-revenue and net-sales figures that fall short of Wall Street estimates.

Yahoo reports a sharp gain in second-quarter profit, thanks to improving margins, but the Internet giant also delivers search-revenue and net-sales figures that fall short of Wall Street estimates.

Yahoo Inc. is expected post a significant gain in second-quarter profit even as revenue rises only marginally when it reports results after the market's close on Tuesday, as the Internet giant continues to try to slim down into a more-efficient company.

Fresh off a deal that will keep 'FarmVille," "Mafia Wars" and other popular Zynga titles on Facebook for at least the next five years, the company has inked a partnership with Yahoo to bring its social games to the Internet giant's massive userbase.

Yahoo Inc. executives on Wednesday affirmed the Internet giant’s focus on search and content, painting an upbeat picture of the company’s future.

Yahoo Inc. executives on Wednesday affirmed the Internet giant’s focus on search and content, painting an upbeat picture of the company’s future.

This morning, Yahoo is holding its annual investor day at its Silicon Valley HQ, starring CEO Carol Bartz and a panoply of top execs at the Internet giant. While these kind of dog-and-pony shows are typical for companies--an effort to get all chummy with institutional investors and financial analysts and convince them that there is a ...