FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, left, and David Filo are seen during Yang's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yahoo Inc. invested billions of dollars in its Internet search engine during the past six years before realizing it made more sense to entrust the job to an outsider _ something the company's co-founders concluded shortly after they started a Web directory in the mid-1990s. This week's deal with Microsoft closes another chapter in an influential Web pioneer that has seen many of them. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, left, and David Filo are seen during Yang's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yahoo Inc. invested billions of dollars in its Internet search engine during the past six years before realizing it made more sense to entrust the job to an outsider _ something the company's co-founders concluded shortly after they started a Web directory in the mid-1990s. This week's deal with Microsoft closes another chapter in an influential Web pioneer that has seen many of them.

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  1. Singer Jerry Yang, right, a member of popular Taiwanese pop group F4, speaks upon receiving the international category prize of the 26th Best Jeanist Awards in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 as Japanese singer Daigo, the winner of the Japan Jeans Association prize, looks on. The international category was newly set in 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of the awards that have been given annually by the association to Japanese celebrities who often wear jeans to promote jeans products among the Japanese.

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  1. Singer Jerry Yang, right, a member of popular Taiwanese pop group F4, speaks upon receiving the international category prize of the 26th Best Jeanist Awards in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 as Japanese singer Daigo, the winner of the Japan Jeans Association prize, looks on. The international category was newly set in 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of the awards that have been given annually by the association to Japanese celebrities who often wear jeans to promote jeans products among the Japanese.
  2. A view of the office building of Alibaba (China) Technology Co. Ltd on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province November 10, 2009. Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce firm and Yahoo's business partner for the country, reported a 20 percent fall in quarterly profit, beating analysts' estimates, as China's economic stimulus spending lifted online trading.
  3. Carol Barth, CEO of the California-based Internet pioneer Yahoo, gestures during a speech at the luncheon organised by American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) on November 10, 2009 in Singapore. Barth was speaking ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in the city on November 14-15.
  4. Carol Barth, CEO of the California-based Internet pioneer Yahoo, gestures during a speech at the luncheon organised by American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) on November 10, 2009 in Singapore. Barth was speaking ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in the city on November 14-15.
  5. Carol Barth, CEO of the California-based Internet pioneer Yahoo, gestures during a speech at the luncheon organised by American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) on November 10, 2009 in Singapore. Barth was speaking ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in the city on November 14-15.
  6. Carol Barth, CEO of the California-based Internet pioneer Yahoo, speaks at the luncheon organised by American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) on November 10, 2009 in Singapore. Barth was speaking ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in the city on November 14-15.
  7. Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz speaks at a lunch talk organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore November 10, 2009. Internet giant Yahoo Inc is committed to grow its operating margin at a 15-20 percent pace over the next three years, Bartz said on Tuesday.
  8. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer addresses the media during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
  9. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer looks on during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
  10. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer looks on during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
  11. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer addresses the media during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
  12. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer gestures during a news conference to present the new Windows 7 operating system in Munich October 7, 2009. Microsoft's release of its new. Windows 7 operating system is expected to increase demand for personal computers only slightly, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told journalists in Munich on Wednesday. Major new software updates from Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs about 90 percent of the world's PCs, are in general eagerly awaited by computer makers who hope for a sales boost.
  13. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer holds a news conference to present the new Windows 7 operating system in Munich October 7, 2009. Microsoft's release of its new Windows 7 operating system is expected to increase demand for personal computers only slightly, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told journalists in Munich on Wednesday. Major new software updates from Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs about 90 percent of the world's PCs, are in general eagerly awaited by computer makers who hope for a sales boost.

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