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Notorious for flubbing solid acquisitions, Yahoo has bought six small companies under Marissa Mayer in an attempt to cultivate not only innovative technologies, but the engineers who run them.

The Yahoo evolution continues - this time with a few more swings of the axe.
Friday, Yahoo announced that it would be sunsetting a handful of its products in a move consistent with CEO Marissa Mayer's plan to aggressively prune the unruly conglomerate.

It's been a groundbreaking year for women in business. IBM appointed its first female CEO in Ginni Rometty. Sheryl Sandberg led Facebook through a much-anticipated IPO. Irene Rosenfeld split Kraft into two public companies, and Marissa Mayer jumped from a top Google exec to the CEO seat at Yahoo. See the those named the top businesswomen on the Forbes 2012 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Yahoo (YHOO) announced its first acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer on Thursday, a New York-based mobile startup named Stamped that was founded by two former Google (GOOG) employees and received financing from celebrities including Justin Bieber.

Yahoo Inc's new CEO Marissa Mayer sketched out her plan for revamping the mobile and search advertising business, outlining publicly for the first time her vision for getting the ailing Web company back on its feet.

Marissa Mayer, who earned a reputation for decisive action and intensity during her 13-year stint at Google Inc, has spent her first months as Yahoo Inc CEO quietly moving the Internet pioneer back to its roots in technology.

New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's compensation package could total more than $70 million in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday.

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc's new chief executive officer will make $1 million in annual salary, $12 million in restricted stock and stock options, and one-time retention and performance awards of $30 million vesting over five years.

Marissa Mayer's move from Google exec to Yahoo! CEO made her one of the most powerful women in the tech industry. Her announcement just three hours later that she's expecting her first child made her "the most powerful pregnant woman in America," says Lisa Belkin of The Huffington Post.