Yahoo! Inc. on Monday snapped up Overture Services Inc., the pioneer of pay-for-placement online search results, in a $1.6 billion deal that fortifies the Internet powerhouse for a looming showdown ...

Overture specializes in so-called sponsored search, where businesses pay to have their Web sites listed at the top of search results. Yahoo will now also be able to sell other kinds of advertising to ...

ESPN.com and Overture Services, Inc. jointly announced that Overture will serve as ESPN.com's exclusive commercial search provider in a two-year distribution agreement. Under terms of the agreement, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo! snapped up online advertising pioneer Overture Services for about $1.6 billion on Monday, giving the Internet powerhouse a potent weapon in the competitive search-engine ...