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(AP) - Yahoo Inc. stumbled to a fourth-quarter loss of $303 million, but the Internet company withstood the recession better than analysts had expected. Yahoo's loss—officially wrapping up the Jerry Yang era—translated into 22 cents per share, compared with a profit of 15 cents per share in the prior year,... More »

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Yahoo • Jerry Yang • tech companies • corporate earnings • Carol Bartz

Yahoo to Name Software Exec Its New CEO

Bartz, of Autodesk,
will succeed Yang,
sources say

Jan 13, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo will soon name Carol Bartz as its new CEO after a two-month search for a successor to Jerry Yang, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 60-year-old Bartz served as CEO of Autodesk Inc from 1992 to 2006, and still serves as the company’s executive chairman. She’s... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • CEO • Jerry Yang • search engine • Carol Bartz

Yahoo Will Cut Up to
1,500 Jobs in Calif. 

Search giant could slash as many as 1,500 jobs, shutter entire projects

Dec 9, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo will cut as many as 1,500 California employees from its ranks tomorrow, Mediabistro reports. Employees learned of the layoffs in an email yesterday from outgoing CEO Jerry Yang, according to an inside source. The layoffs follow Yang's November announcement that the search giant would have to sack as... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • layoffs • Jerry Yang • Sunnyvale

analysis

Icahn Stock Grab May
Signal New Yahoo CEO


Nov 28, 08 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Corporate raider Carl Icahn bought about $65 million in Yahoo shares this week, sparking AllThingsD blogger Kara Swisher to speculate that an "Icahn-friendly" CEO is on the way. Icahn's purchase, likely an attempt to recoup the $900 million he lost on his Yahoo stake this year, points to two... More »

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Yahoo • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang

 Ballmer Quashes Yahoo Bid Rumors; Open to Partnership

Microsoft 'done' with acquisition attempts, even after Yang's resignation

Nov 19, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Steve Ballmer quashed the rumor that Microsoft would make another offer to buy Yahoo now that Jerry Yang has quit as CEO, CNET reports. “We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo,” the chief executive said today. “We did our best; we’ve moved on.” More »

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Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • acquisition • search • Steve Ballmer

For Yahoo, Question Is:
Who's Yang's Yin?

The next Yahoo CEO will have to take the Web portal in a new direction to sate Wall Street

Nov 19, 08 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo’s successor to CEO Jerry Yang could come from outside the Internet industry, as long as he has a strong operations background and the decisiveness to break the company’s culture of indecision, reports the Wall Street Journal. But even before hiring a CEO, the company needs to decide... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

ANALYSIS

Yang's Departure Gives Microsoft New Opening

Analysts see 'beginning of the end for Yahoo' as CEO steps down

Nov 18, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Investors are hoping Jerry Yang’s departure will lead to renewed talks with Microsoft, BusinessWeek reports. “This is probably the beginning of the end for Yahoo,” said one. “Microsoft will probably come back with an offer.” Microsoft has repeatedly denied interest in reviving a deal, but... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

 Yang Out 
 as Yahoo CEO 

Embattled exec's resignation in works
for months; he plans
to stay on board

Nov 17, 08 8:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Yang is stepping down as Yahoo's CEO after a short and embattled tenure, Kara Swisher reports on AllThingsD. He will remain on the company board and retain his old "Chief Yahoo" title, as well as help find a replacement. The board and Yang have chewed over the... More »

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Yahoo • Jerry Yang

 Yahoo's Next Move: 
 Third-Party Content 

Keeping users on site by enabling links to Netflix, Craigslist is goal

Sep 12, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - After struggling through months of takeover battles and sagging stock prices, Yahoo says it’s working to become a web destination for users rather than simply a jumping-off point, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It plans to add third-party content and newly developed applications on a new Yahoo home page,... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • web browser • Jerry Yang • Craigslist • Netflix • third-party content


 Deal Puts
 Icahn on
 Yahoo
 Board 

Activist investor gets seats for 2 allies

Jul 21, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo will add two seats to its board of directors and put Carl Icahn in one of them, reports the Wall Street Journal, in a deal that ends Icahn’s proxy fight. Eight of Yahoo’s current board members, including CEO Jerry Yang, will keep their seats, while a ninth... More »

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Yahoo • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang • board of directors • proxy battle

Yahoo Takes Icahn Fight  to Homepage

Link shows decline in businesses he's worked with

Jul 19, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new button on Yahoo's homepage links users to the company's case against activist investor Carl Icahn, PC World reports. Icahn is seeking to unseat Yahoo's board at its Aug. 1 general meeting. The page links to voting forms and leaves shareholders in no doubt how the company thinks they... More »

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Yahoo • Carl Icahn • shareholders • Jerry Yang • proxy battle • takeover bid

Sparks Fly as Yahoo, Microsoft Take to Hill

Yang admitted deal with Google would hurt competition: Microsoft

Jul 16, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional hearings on Yahoo's proposed ad deal with Google got a little heated yesterday, with a Microsoft lawyer testifying that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang recently admitted, in a private meeting, that the pact would reduce competition, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yahoo’s general counsel said he recalled no such... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • antitrust • Jerry Yang • Brad Smith

Yang Slams 'Destabilizing' Microsoft Plan

CEO accuses
Icahn-allied giant of pretending to want deal

Jul 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang launched a fresh offensive in the Yahoo-Microsoft war of words yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft has said it would be interested in reopening merger talks if Yahoo's current board was replaced—but the Yahoo co-founder accuses the company of tactics to destabilize Yahoo without... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang • proxy battle • takeover bid

Yahoo Defends Rejection of Alternate Microsoft Offer

Seeking to blunt attacks from Carl Icahn, the company goes to shareholders

Jun 26, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo yesterday launched an offensive against billionaire Carl Icahn’s attempt to displace the board, detailing in a letter to shareholders why accepting Microsoft’s alternative $8-billion search-only deal would have diminished Yahoo’s value and hurt the company strategically, reports MarketWatch. CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock said... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang • Roy Bostock

ANALYSIS

Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust

E-tailer stays nimble as Yahoo, eBay trip into the future

Jun 20, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon emerged from the dot-com bust as a mighty triumvirate, but only Amazon has kept its mojo in the decade's latter stages, the Economist reports. Yahoo, the oldest of the lot at 14, shooed away Microsoft, surrendered part of its business to Google, and failed to stay... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • eBay • Jerry Yang • Jeff Bezos • John Donahoe • Amazon

ANALYSIS

Yang's First Year Leaves Many 'Disillusioned'

Microsoft fiasco most public of Yahoo's woes; '09 could be tougher

Jun 19, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo’s stock has slipped 16.5%, the company might as well be wearing a sign that says “take me over,” and there’s a line of shareholders waiting to sue for what they say was a mishandled non-deal with suitor Microsoft, Fortune reports—not quite the scenario... More »

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Yahoo • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang • proxy battle • shareholder revolt

 MySpace Takes Aim at Yahoo 

Social networker seeks to become a portal

Jun 13, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myspace is retooling itself to become a more direct competitor to web portals, specifically Yahoo, BusinessWeek reports. Starting Wednesday, the popular social networking site will unveil changes to its homepage such as news headlines, local weather apps, and entertainment links. More »

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Yahoo • Internet • MySpace • email • Jerry Yang • web portal • Internet portal

analysis

Yahoo and Google: It's All Up to Yang

CEO must pave way
for struggling company as investors look on

Jun 13, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Yahoo and Google prepare for a new search-ad deal, it’s all up to CEO Jerry Yang, writes Charles Cooper for CNET. Will Yang be the next Steve Jobs, pulling a struggling company back to the spotlight—or will he fade like his Yahoo predecessors? The afreement "may... More »

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Yahoo • Google • investors • antitrust • Jerry Yang • regulation • search advertising

 Icahn Again Skewers Yahoo 

'Why did you permit Google to leave you in the dust?' investor asks board

Jun 9, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investor Carl Icahn broadened his attacks on Yahoo today, targeting not only the recent failure of a Microsoft takeover deal but longtime performance issues, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Why did you permit Google to leave you in the dust?" he wrote to the board. More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Carl Icahn • Jerry Yang • corporate governance • Roy Bostock

Yahoo Planned Huge Worker Walkout: Lawsuit

Execs also hid $1.5B Microsoft offer to employees

Jun 2, 08 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo planned to pay all 14,000 workers to quit if Microsoft bought the company in a recent takeover bid, a lawsuit unsealed today claims. The shareholder complaint blasts execs for burying Microsoft's $1.5 billion offer to workers, and rejecting a $40-per-share offer last year. Yahoo tried to stop... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • merger • Jerry Yang • lawsuit • acquisition

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