Yahoo has seen an increase in sales for the second quarter. But
in
fighting off Microsoft's
bid to buy the firm, profits have slipped.
Earlier this week, Yahoo announced a deal with
Carl Icahn, the activist investor who wanted to sell the
company to Microsoft. In exchange for three seats on an extended
board, he dropped his attempt to oust the Yahoo board at next
week's annual meeting.
Yahoo reported that second quarter sales had grown 8%
year-on-year to £673m, but that profits had fallen from £81.5m to
£69.5m since last year.
Blake Jorgensen, Yahoo chief financial officer, said, "Despite a
difficult economic environment, we posted solid results in line
with the ranges we indicated in April."
Yahoo said it incurred £11m in costs during the quarter as a
result of paying outside advisers related to
Microsoft's acquisition attempt.
Yahoo increased its headcount in the quarter by over 500 to
14,300. and is now employing 2,000 more staff than it did a year
ago.
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