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Bing Gains in October, Yahoo! Falls, Google Leads Microsoft's relatively new decision making engine Bing gained market share last month, recovering slightly from the dip the service experienced in September.
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Nov 20, 2009 (Wall Street Horizon via COMTEX) --
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
Expected next earnings release: Announcement date: 1/27/2010 - After Market Earnings Quarter: Q4 Announcement Status: Unconfirmed
Expected next investor conference call information: Conference Call Date: 10/20/2009 Conference Call Time (ET): 5:00 PM Conference Call URL: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/events.cfm?CalendarID=2
Tags: conference corporate earnings market
Companies: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
NEW YORK, Nov 20, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that Yahoo! has selected E*TRADE Corporate Services to administer its employee equity compensation programs. Yahoo! has chosen E*TRADE Corporate Services as their end-to-end provider of stock plan administration services, including E*TRADE Corporate Services' Equity Edge(R) product and the participant services and investing tools from E*TRADE Securities.
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to serve Yahoo! and its employees' stock plan needs," said James Wulforst, President, E*TRADE Corporate Services. "Managing equity compensation is complex and time-consuming. Our Equity Edge platform creates efficiencies and reduces time spent on the administrative tasks involved in managing a stock plan -- giving our customers more time to focus on using equity compensation to attract and retain the best employees."
In an environment of regulatory change and workforce globalization, the Equity Edge suite of stock plan solutions from E*TRADE Corporate Services provide fully integrated, tailored, end-to-end programs that benefit corporate administrators and their employees. E*TRADE supports all equity vehicles, including stock options, restricted stock awards and units, performance awards, appreciation rights and employee stock purchase programs. Companies who choose E*TRADE have access to certified equity professionals for the development of customized services. Employees benefit from the seamless integration of E*TRADE's easy-to-use, online employee stock plan services, including the review of stock plan benefits, conducting transactions, and receiving or reinvesting proceeds.
"E*TRADE's easy-to-use platform with its integrated reporting capabilities is the right solution for our stock plan administration needs," said Debbie Tsoi-A-Sue, Director of Stock Plan Services at Yahoo! "Additionally, our global participants appreciate the ability to easily access their employee-owned stock and grant information online via the etrade.com web portal."
With more than 25 years experience, E *TRADE Corporate Services is the premier provider of equity compensation management tools and the equity compensation provider for many of the world's top companies, including 25 percent of the S&P 500. It is also a key E*TRADE growth channel, as Corporate Services clients are a proven source of mass affluent customers for E*TRADE Securities LLC.
To learn more about E*TRADE Corporate Services, the Equity Edge product line, or consulting services, please visit: www.etrade.com/corporateservices.
About E*TRADE FINANCIAL
The E*TRADE FINANCIAL family of companies provides financial services including online brokerage and related banking products and services to retail investors. Specific business segments include Trading and Investing and Balance Sheet Management. Securities products and services are offered by E*TRADE Securities LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC). Bank products and services are offered by E*TRADE Bank, a Federal savings bank, Member FDIC, or its subsidiaries. Employee stock plan solutions are offered by E*TRADE Financial Corporate Services, Inc.
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E*TRADE Financial Corporate Services and its affiliates do not provide legal, accounting or tax advice. Always consult your own legal, accounting or tax advisers.
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Companies: E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC), E*Trade Group, Inc. (ET)
RESTON, Va., Nov 17, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In October 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share, up from 64.9 percent in September. Microsoft Sites grabbed 9.9 percent market share, up 0.5 percentage points versus September.
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October 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in October with 65.4 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (18.0 percent), and Microsoft Sites (9.9 percent). Ask Network captured 3.9 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 2.9 percent.
comScore Core Search Report*
October 2009 vs. September 2009
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
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Share of Searches (%)
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Point Change
Oct-09 vs.
Core Search Entity Sep-09 Oct-09 Sep-09
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Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% N/A
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Google Sites 64.9% 65.4% 0.5
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Yahoo! Sites 18.8% 18.0% -0.8
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Microsoft Sites 9.4% 9.9% 0.5
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Ask Network 3.9% 3.9% 0.0
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AOL LLC Network 3.0% 2.9% -0.1
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* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
Americans conducted 14.3 billion searches in October, up 3 percent from September. Google Sites accounted for 9.4 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.6 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.4 billion), Ask Network (552 million) and AOL LLC (412 million).
comScore Core Search Report*
October 2009 vs. September 2009
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
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Search Queries (MM)
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Percent
Change
Oct-09 vs.
Core Search Entity Sep-09 Oct-09 Sep-09
----------------- ------ ------ ----------
Total Core Search 13,836 14,309 3%
----------------- ------ ------ ---
Google Sites 8,975 9,362 4%
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Yahoo! Sites 2,600 2,571 -1%
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Microsoft Sites 1,305 1,412 8%
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Ask Network 541 552 2%
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AOL LLC 416 412 -1%
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* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
October 2009 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the October analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the search market with 13.5 billion search queries, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.7 billion queries and Microsoft Sites with 1.5 billion searches. Bing experienced the largest growth of the top ten expanded search properties with an 8-percent increase in query volume to more than 1.2 billion searches.
comScore Expanded Search Query Report
October 2009 vs. September 2009
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
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Search Queries (MM)
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Percent
Change
Oct-09 vs.
Expanded Search Entity Sep-09 Oct-09 Sep-09
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Total Internet 21,334 22,032 3%
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Google Sites 12,839 13,505 5%
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Google 9,373 9,788 4%
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YouTube/All Other 3,466 3,717 7%
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Yahoo! Sites 2,692 2,663 -1%
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Yahoo! 2,668 2,639 -1%
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All Other 24 24 0%
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Microsoft Sites 1,352 1,457 8%
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Bing 1,156 1,245 8%
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Microsoft/All Other 196 212 8%
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Ask Network 718 730 2%
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ASK.COM 339 348 3%
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MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 379 382 1%
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AOL LLC 625 628 0%
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AOL Search Network 366 359 -2%
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MapQuest/All Other 259 269 4%
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eBay 621 617 -1%
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craigslist, inc. 624 594 -5%
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Fox Interactive Media 500 478 -4%
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MySpace Sites 494 472 -4%
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All Other 6 6 0%
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Facebook.com 384 331 -14%
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Amazon Sites 216 212 -2%
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Companies: Syncor International Corp. (SCOR)
Nov 19, 2009 (Wall Street Horizon via COMTEX) --
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
Expected next earnings release: Announcement date: 1/27/2010 - After Market Earnings Quarter: Q4 Announcement Status: Unconfirmed
Expected next investor conference call information: Conference Call Date: 10/20/2009 Conference Call Time (ET): 5:00 PM Conference Call URL: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/events.cfm?CalendarID=2
Tags: conference corporate earnings market
Companies: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
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