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Yahoo Hires Editor For Homepage News

It looks like Yahoo is quite serious about using its homepage to display news that people actually want to see.  Rather than assign someone to tinker with algorithms, the company's hired a 25-year veteran of the news industry to assemble a team of editors.

Research Scientist Heads From Yahoo To Twitter

Today, as is often the case, one tech company's loss became another's gain.  Utkarsh Srivastava has left Yahoo after spending more than three years as a senior research scientist there, and Srivastava confirmed (in well under 140 characters) that he'll land at Twitter. Srivastava's background is quite impressive.  On the educational front, he earned degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and Stanford, and happened to receive the Stanford Graduate Fellowship, too.

More Microsoft Layoffs On The Way

Earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hit a pessimistic note by saying that he expected to see IT spending growth, but not recovery.  Now, it seems that Microsoft is about to prove it's still in recession mode, as rumors of imminent layoffs are circulating.

YouTube's Director Of Content Partnerships To Leave

The man who's served as YouTube's director of content partnerships for almost three years has found another job.  Jordan Hoffner is set to link up with a content venture at IAC, according to a new report.

Google Ranked World's Most Attractive Employer

It's a good bet that mailmen (and/or mail servers) are still delivering huge numbers of applications and resumes to Google.  A very large survey has confirmed that university students regard the search giant as the world's most attractive employer. Universum contacted almost 120,000 students from Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the US regarding which companies they'd most like to work for.  The result: Google won in both the business and engineering categories.

Twitter Picks Up Former Facebook Platform Manager

The personnel push-and-pull between tech companies is always interesting to watch; who goes where can be a sign of how insiders are placing their bets.  And more than bragging rights appear to be at stake as Josh Elman, who used to work for Facebook, has joined Twitter.

Yahoo Undergoes Another Exec Shuffle

It looks like Yahoo's revolving door recently spun around yet again.  A senior vice president of communications and community properties has left the company, and another man's joined it and been given the title "Vice President of Corporate Development."

Yahoo Snags Microsoft Sales Exec

It would be an understatement to say that Yahoo's experienced a rough patch recently, and Microsoft, with Bing launched and a search deal on the way, seems to be doing better.  But Yahoo may still have a few tricks up its sleeve, and the company pulled off one by getting a Microsoft sales exec to join its ranks.

MySpace Names First Chief Financial Officer

When News Corp. acquired MySpace in 2005, it paid $580 million, and all sorts of large figures (the $900 million Google ad deal, for example) have been attached to the social network since.  However, it's never had a chief financial officer, and this morning, MySpace changed that.

eBay Rethinks Customer Service In Europe

eBay's approach to customer service in Europe is about to change in a big way.  eBay announced today that it will eliminate a full 400 positions in Germany, while at the same time, the company intends to hire 100 new employees in Ireland and establish what it calls a "European Centre of Excellence."