Yahoo Buys Overture for $1.63 Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday July 14, 2003 @03:29AM from the thats-a-lotta-yahooey dept.

securitas writes "Today Yahoo announced it plans to buy search technology company Overture for $1.63 Billion. The move is seen as a way to compete with rivals like Google and MSN, especally in the paid search and advertising category. This takeover occurs following this article about Google and Overture's race to secure partners for its paid search advertising. Other reoprts at CNN Money, ZDNet/CNet, AP via the Washington Post, Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones via Yahoo. Press release at Overture and Yahoo."

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Re:Yahoo -- Overture by Daengbo · 2003-07-14 03:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ok, so mod me down for this... but why did the Frist Psot tradition get thrown to the wind when the 30 minute subsriber window went into effect? I almost never see one, and I miss them. Sniff...Sniff...Someone post a BSD is Dying troll for me so that I can get over this...

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...and in other news by jo42 · 2003-07-14 04:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yahoo opens software center in India - causing further damage to the US economy.