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Yahoo Fine Print: Up to $250M Breakup Fee

4-year deal with Google calls for opening up IM; with Microsoft talks at end, shares plunge.
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Internet, Finance

eBay Goes Web 2.0

The auction giant brings its mainstream audience to young tech startups.
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Internet

AOL Talks Just to Google

Google might dish out $1 billion for a 5 percent stake in AOL and get to keep its biggest advertising partner.
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Internet

Ask Jeeves Adds Paid Listings

Barry Diller’s No. 4-ranked search site gets into paid search, taking the competition for search-advertising dollars a notch higher.
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General news, Internet, Finance

Baidu IPO to Raise $88.5M

China’s most popular search engine plans to offer 3.7 million shares on Nasdaq.
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Internet

Search Startups Gaining Ground

Snap.com gets funding and Blinkx adds personalization as startup search engines pick up steam.
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General news, Media

Movie Service Gets Personal

Yahoo takes personalization a step further in an effort to retain users and attract advertisers.
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Internet, Finance

Signs of Slower E-tail Growth

Online commerce is booming, but for how much longer?
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Computers, Finance

DoubleClick Sold for $1.1 Billion

Hellman & Friedman to pay $1.1 billion for maker of online advertising and data management tools.