Continued reports that Yahoo Inc. is lining up allies in its attempt to fend off Microsoft Inc.'s pursuit of its online search engine business sent shares of the Internet pioneer higher in premarket trading Thursday.

Continued reports that Yahoo Inc. is lining up allies in its attempt to fend off Microsoft Inc.'s pursuit of its online search engine business sent shares of the Internet pioneer higher in premarket trading Thursday.

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command in hopes of restoring order amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet pioneer's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.

Yahoo is setting up a new chain of command in hopes of restoring order after it snubbed of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid. Under the Internet pioneer's reorganization, announced Thursday, Yahoo executive vice presidents Ash Patel and Hilary Schneider are being promoted to oversee most of the Sunnyvale-based company's products.

Yahoo is setting up a new chain of command in hopes of restoring order after it snubbed of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid. Under the Internet pioneer's reorganization, announced Thursday, Yahoo executive vice presidents Ash Patel and Hilary Schneider are being promoted to oversee most of the Sunnyvale-based company's products.

Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command in hopes of restoring order amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet pioneer's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.

Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.

Yahoo's steadily sinking stock pulled out of its descent Tuesday on reports that the Internet pioneer is reconsidering its recent decision to fall into the arms of online search leader Google instead of Microsoft.