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This is proof that the economy is showing signs of recovery.  The two companies also struck a three-year agreement under which Monster will provide career and job content for the Internet giant's homepage in the U.S. and Canada. Under terms of that agreement, Monster will make payments to Yahoo, subject to annual floors and ceilings, based on the number of clicks and expressions of interest that Yahoo drives to the classifieds company. Yahoo last month agreed to sell email technology unit Zimbra, a start-up it acquired for $350 million little more than two years ago, to VMware Inc. (VMW). Terms of that deal weren't disclosed. Yahoo, which bought HotJobs in 2001 for $436 million, has also reportedly been shopping around its small business unit although no buyer has yet emerged. The HotJobs deal comes one week after Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz seemed to downplay the company's efforts to sell assets, adding that she was looking forward to making acquisitions and investme...