Ingrid Lunden
Jan 4, 2012 9:50 PM
The markets didn’t punish Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today when it announced it would appoint a payments technology specialist, Scott Thompson, as its CEO to run a business largely built on content, search and advertising. But it didn’t exactly reward it, either: the stock closed down by 51 cents at $15.82,…
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 3, 2011 7:11 AM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been no stranger to the apps rush that has swept through the mobile world, and now there are signs that it is looking to redouble its tablet efforts with a new HTML5 product. PaidContent understands that it is preparing for an autumn launch, possibly as soon…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 6, 2011 9:00 PM
From her moment signing on as CEO, to the moment she informed her staff of her dismissal via an iPad, mobile has been a persistent force during Bartz’s tenure at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). And not always for the best: the company has found it a challenge to find its place…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 6, 2011 6:59 PM
Push has finally come to shove at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). Kara Swisher reports that Carol Bartz is out at Yahoo and that CFO Tim Morse is interim CEO. Bartz has been rumored to be out the door almost as long as she has been at Yahoo; the drumbeat only has…
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Ingrid Lunden
Feb 16, 2011 3:59 AM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz today said an army of editorial curators, not algorithms, who are “always watching” were the “secret sauce” at Yahoo, as she showed off the company’s digital newsstand, dubbed Livestand, during her keynote at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. She said that Yahoo…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 8, 2009 12:01 AM
Until now, most of Tim Armstrong’s hires since he joined AOL (NYSE: TWX) as CEO have been in advertising or the business side, including a number from his former employer *Google*. Newest hire Brad Garlinghouse is a switch in both cases: a product guy from portal competitor Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO).…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 29, 2009 7:51 AM
Updated: The 18-month Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) saga finally enters a productive phase (regulators willing) with a 10-year global search and advertising sales pact between the two companies. The deal, much of which has already been reported, was announced formally before U.S. markets opened. Yahoo estimates that the deal will improve…
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 26, 2009 2:04 PM
Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz is making sure the mobile unit works more closely with other business units and is making mobile a bigger priority than it was under Jerry Yang, reports Silicon Alley Insider. Dan Frommer said he’s been hearing that under Yang and former mobile boss Marco Boerries,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 13, 2009 7:59 PM
Carol Bartz is in as *Yahoo* CEO effective immediately—and Sue Decker is leaving as president after being passed over for the job. Decker will stay on as president for a “transitional” period. Bartz comes to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) from Autodesk, where she has been executive chairman since stepping down in…
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