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AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance

Yahoo nets AT&T's subscribers in search and ad deal

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2008 5:24 PM CST

(Newser) – Yahoo and AT&T announced a new alliance today in which Yahoo will provide search and advertising on AT&T’s mobile phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. AT&T in turn will get their att.net web portal redesigned by Yahoo, through which... Read full story »

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