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July 30, 2005

Former IBM researcher to head Yahoo Research

Former IBM researcher to head Yahoo Research - Yahoo! News

Thu Jul 28, 3:52 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web media company Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) said on Thursday it named Prabhakar Raghavan, a former IBM researcher, to head Yahoo Research as it competes with rivals Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) for talent.

Raghavan will lead research in key areas for Yahoo, including search and information navigation, social media, community, personalization, and mobility, the company said in a statement.

Prior to joining Yahoo, Raghavan was senior vice president and chief technology officer at Verity Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY - news), a provider of enterprise search software. He is also the former head of the Computer Science Principles department at IBM's(NYSE:IBM - news) Almaden Research Center.

Yahoo Research has facilities in the California cities of Berkeley, Pasadena and Sunnyvale.

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