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Regulatory hurdles are preventing Google and Yahoo from moving forward with their advertising partnership. For Yahoo especially, this collaboration has become a necessity. An alternative plan is being presented:
“Google and Yahoo! have made last-minute proposals to scale down their Internet advertising partnership in a bid to appease anti-trust regulators.
The companies offered concessions [...]

In spite of past and possible future acquisition attempts, Microsoft and Yahoo can work together. They are involved in a united security effort:
“Microsoft and Yahoo have teamed up with Western Union and the African Development Bank to combat the nuisance of hoax lottery emails.
Such scams, which invite victims to send a fee in [...]

Yahoo is in the midst of staff reductions and trying to avoid another Microsoft take-over attempt. One of the last things it needs is a lawsuit, especially concerning advertising:
“American Airlines has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Yahoo claiming it is diverting business to the airline’s competitors by allowing them to purchase ads that [...]

Earlier in the week, there was speculation that Yahoo would eliminate about a thousand jobs. The speculation was an under-estimate. Yahoo will terminate fifteen hundred (1,500) positions:
“Yahoo announced Tuesday that it plans to cut at least 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,500 employees, in the fourth quarter in an effort reduce [...]

With the threat of another acquisition bid from Microsoft, Yahoo is extremely vigilant about profitability. With the delay of the advertising relationship with Google, there is speculation that Yahoo will be eliminating over a thousand staff positions:
“…The internet company could announce the job cuts as soon as tomorrow when it reports its third quarter [...]

It seems that it is only a matter of time. Microsoft remains interested in acquiring Yahoo. The recent swings in the stock market and the value of Yahoo stocks gives Microsoft an opportunity:
“Shares of Yahoo Inc jumped 12 percent after Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer reportedly said that a deal between the [...]

In the acquisition game, Microsoft has been rebuffed by Yahoo and has said that it is no longer interested. Microsoft has stated that it has moved on and has focused on other future ventures. Stock analysts, stakeholders and Yahoo itself view this rhetoric as part of strained courtship dance. Microsoft remains interested [...]

There is support for the Google / Yahoo Advertising plan in the House of Representatives:
“…The lawmakers, all Democrats from California, urged the DOJ not to block the ad deal, in which Yahoo would run some Google search ads on its Web pages. The group sent a letter to the DOJ Friday.”
link: Lawmakers call on [...]

Governor Palin’s use of Yahoo email has been discussed in the press. It seems that hackers may have compromised the security of the Governor Palin’s Yahoo account:
“WASHINGTON — Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska’s governor, revealing as evidence a few [...]

The joint advertising venture between Yahoo and Google has run into some major opposition:
“The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday.
The letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett, noted that [...]