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My 2 featured articles for the week ending Jan. 25, 2008: Archived blogs for the week of January 28, 2008 1407 - Jan. 29, 2008 - 5.12 PM EST Yahoo still struggling against Google Yahoo reported fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations, but sales guidance for this year disappointed investors and made Yahoo's shares drop. Some observers said they were surprised to learn that the company didn't make any announcements regarding layoffs, which had been rumored a lot for the past seven days. Still, Yahoo reported net income of $206 million, or 15 cents per share, beating analysts' forecasts for 11 cents per share. Yahoo's sales came in at $1.8 billion, up eight percent from corresponding 2007 levels. According to preliminary estimates from Thomson First Call, excluding advertising sales and TAC (traffic acquisition costs) that the company shares with its partners, Yahoo reported revenue of $1.4 billion, roughly in line with Wall Street's expectations of $1.41 billion. As could be expected, Yahoo's stock dropped about seven percent in after-hours trading as sales guidance for 2008 was much lower than expected. Yahoo chief executive officer Jerry Yang, who replaced Terry Semel as CEO in June 2007, promised investors a 100-day review of the company shortly after taking over. Read more... Posted on Businessblog™ Sponsored by Marketing Trends.org Copyright © Serge Thibodeau. All rights reserved. All views and opinions expressed on this blog are those of Serge Thibodeau only and are not representative of any company listed. All slogans, trademarks, text or logo representation used or referred to on this blog are the property of their respective owners. | |||