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Yahoo quarterly profit beats, Street awaits Mayer plan

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SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc's quarterly earnings beat expectations, but Wall Street remains keen to hear new CEO Marissa Mayer outline her plan for reviving the struggling Web company's revenue growth.

UPDATE 1-USDA defends giving reporters early access to crop data

CHICAGO, Oct 22 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday defended its practice of giving journalists early access to market-moving crop reports after facing questions about the security of the data.

Texas Instruments forecasts revenue below estimates

NEW YORK - Texas Instruments Inc's quarterly revenue fell as demand for its chips slipped on economic concerns, and the company forecast more weakness this quarter.

Tech, 5:33pm EDT

Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry

- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said it will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in favor of Apple Inc's iPhone, dealing a new blow to RIM just months before it launches a vital new device.

U.S., Tech, 5:32pm EDT

UPDATE 2-US federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry

Oct 22 - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said it will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in favor of Apple Inc's iPhone, dealing a new blow to RIM just months before it launches a vital new device.

UPDATE 4-Yahoo quarterly earnings beat, street awaits Mayer plan

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 - Yahoo Inc's quarterly earnings beat expectations, but Wall Street remains keen to hear new CEO Marissa Mayer outline her plan for reviving the struggling Web company's revenue growth.

Analysis: Yahoo CEO's comeback plan homes in on technology, not media

SAN FRANCISCO - 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. | Video

Tech, 2:59pm EDT

UPDATE 2-Weak car market to depress Leoni sales, profit

* Posts preliminary Q3 sales of about 954 mln eur, EBIT about 52.5 mln (Adds CEO comments from newspaper)

Industrials, Technology, 2:42pm EDT

Ancestry.com to be acquired by Permira-led group for $1.6 billion

- Genealogy website operator Ancestry.com agreed to be acquired for $1.6 billion by a group led by Europe-based private equity firm Permira Advisors LLC, four months after it put itself up for sale following the cancellation of a TV show based on its research.

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