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Official: Yahoo was quick with decision

By Don Dodson
Friday, August 3, 2007 2:01 PM CDT

CHAMPAIGN – It took only six days for Yahoo to commit to Champaign-Urbana.

When Neel Madhav, a Yahoo employee who formerly worked for Motorola, heard in June that Motorola was closing its software design center in Champaign, he brought it to the attention of Bassel Ojjeh, Yahoo's senior vice president of strategic data solutions.

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