PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - A Paris court on Monday ordered the online auctioneer eBay to pay 40 million euros (63 million dollars) in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods online.

PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - A Paris court on Monday ordered the online auctioneer eBay to pay 40 million euros (63 million dollars) in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling luxury goods online.

PARIS, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Iliad, the parent group of French Internet service provider Free said on Monday that it was in exclusive talks with Telecommunication Italia to buy its Internet business Alice.

Iliad said it was prepared to pay up to 800 million euros (1.26 billion dollars), to become the second-biggest provider in France after Orange, overtaking Neuf Cegetel.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo said Friday it is delaying a July 3 shareholders meeting in a move aimed at staving off a showdown with corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is out to overthrow the struggling Internet search pioneer's board of directors.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo urged shareholders Friday to shun corporate raider Carl Icahn and rebuff his efforts to replace board members with people amenable to a takeover by US software giant Microsoft.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo said Friday it is delaying a July 3 shareholders meeting in a move aimed at staving off a showdown with corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is out to overthrow the struggling Internet search pioneer's board of directors.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2008 (AFP) - Internet information giant Yahoo said on Friday that it had delayed a general meeting of shareholders due on July 3, saying this arose from a move by investor Carl Icahn, who wants to name some board members.

LONDON, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - The online financial information giant Thomson Reuters has decided to axe up to 835 jobs, a spokeswoman for the group told AFP on Monday, as part of an anticipated wider cull following it recent creation. She said 140 editorial jobs would be lost at the group's Reuters News division by the end of the year.

FRANKFURT, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo shares jumped in early trading here on Monday after Microsoft said it was considering a new deal with the second biggest-Internet advertising platform, but not a new takeover bid.

Yahoo showed a gain of 3.04 percent to 18.28 euros (28.48 dollars) in open-market trading.

LONDON, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - The online financial information giant Thomson Reuters has decided to axe 140 editorial positions as part of wider staff cuts, a spokeswoman for the recently formed group said on Monday.

There was no immediate word on the reductions in other areas, but media reports have said the group would probably shed up to 1,500 people across all of its divisions.