SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo revealed Tuesday it has partnered with Google in an advertising pact that links the fortunes of Silicon Valley's two search engine giants.

The 3-year deal means Google will help power Yahoo's search engine and provide it with advertisements. Google will pay Yahoo a percentage of revenue from ads, and Yahoo will pay Google for requests for word or image search results, according to Yahoo's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Yahoo, which is already partnered with the third of the top three search engines — Microsoft's Bing — said the new Google deal gives Yahoo “additional flexibility to choose among suppliers of search results and ads.”

Yahoo has discretion to select which search queries to send to Google and will not have to send a minimum number. The price and further specifics of the deal were not disclosed.

MILWAUKEE — Harley-Davidson said Tuesday it will reduce its salaried work force by several hundred positions, mostly by the end of the year.The company has about 3,775 salaried employees, including 1,060 at its Milwaukee headquarters.“An early retirement incentive program will be offered to eligible employees in advance of what we believe will be a global reduction of around 250 salaried positions across the company, largely completed by the end of the year. Adjustments in positions and structure will be made in essentially every part of the business to achieve the right focus and support the increased demand-generating investments,” company spokesman Tony Macrito said in an e-mail.“There is no plan to reduce U.S. hourly workers as part of these actions,” he added.

MIAMI — U.S. drinkers of Beck's beer who thought the American-made brew they were buying was still a fancy, century-old German import can get cash payments under a $20 million settlement approved Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit over deceptive packaging.People with proof they bought Beck's at retail outlets could get up to $50 per household. Those without receipts can qualify for $12 maximum. Claims may be filed through Nov. 20 via a court-approved website: www.becksbeersettlement.com.

BRUSSELS — The European Union is demanding that U.S. coffee chain Starbucks and carmaker Fiat repay up to $34 million each in tax breaks they received from EU nations, in a major ruling to cut down on sweet tax deals multinationals often shop for.Because multinationals in the EU pay their taxes in the country where they have their regional headquarters, countries have long competed to attract the companies.That has resulted in countries offering tax advantages that allow the companies to pay very low tax overall and has become a big political issue as citizens in many nations are forced to tighten their belts.