A Benchmark Co. analyst downgraded share of Yahoo Inc. Thursday, noting issues like better-scaled competitors grabbing a bigger share of the search market and increasing competition in display advertising. In a note to clients, Benchmark analyst Clayton Moran cut his rating to "Hold" from "Buy," saying Yahoo has ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points -- a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again any time soon. Analysts and venture capitalists say the tech crash taught investors a seemingly simple lesson that had been lost in the flurry of ...

Internet crime in Japan jumped to a new record last year, led by ID theft and database attacks, child pornography posts and copyright violations, the national police agency said Thursday. Police made arrests or took other action in 6,690 cases in 2009, up 5.8 percent from the previous year and the highest figure since data was first collated ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is in no rush to take the popular social-networking site public, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The 25-year-old CEO told the Journal in an interview that the company would eventually launch an initial public offering (IPO), but added "we are definitely in no rush." "If you don't need that ...