The reported replacement for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is Carol Bartz. She is no stranger to the technology sector, as she guided the growth of Autodesk:
“…A former Yahoo executive yesterday told us that inside the company, Bartz is consider an ally to Yahoo president Sue Decker and Yahoo ad sales boss Hilary Schneider — [...]
Yahoo is trying to innovate. If it is not to draw new users, it must retain the people it has now and profit from those Yahoo clients. Today, Yahoo introduced a new toolbar:
“Yahoo unveiled a new toolbar on Monday that will give Web users access to their e-mail as they surf the Web, [...]
It may reflect the unique interests on the internet. In the world of internet search, Britney Spears has not slipped in her ability to generate interest:
“Barack Obama will make history by becoming the first black US president, but in the world of internet search he trails the singer, Britney Spears.
Of the billions of [...]
Microsoft has stated repeatedly that it is no longer interested in Yahoo. However, there have been changes at Yahoo. Jerry Yang has stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer. The stock market has reduced the value of the Yahoo stock significantly. It is not a surprise, then, that there is a [...]
Carl Icahn must think that Yahoo will make money. Even for a wealthy billionaire, spending approximately sixty seven million dollars is significant:
“…Icahn started his buying spree on Monday by purchasing 3.7 million shares. On Tuesday he took home 2.7 million shares, and bought about 376,000 shares on Wednesday.”
link: Icahn Snaps Up 7 Million [...]
If you wanted a piece of hardware in January and thought it was necessary, would you be thrilled that it now costs only one third of the price at the beginning of the year? Of course, you would be. And perhaps, if the ‘Geek Force’ is strong, you might buy two of whatever [...]
It is a significant shift for Yahoo. The CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, is stepping down:
“…Yang, 40, will step down as CEO and return to his former role as “Chief Yahoo.” The company’s board said it has hired headhunter Heidrick & Struggles to find a replacement.”
link: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down
With [...]
YouTube was an expensive purchase for Google. A price tag of $1.65 billion dollars is expensive, even if the company is Google. In a step to make YouTube into a consistent and growing profit center, there will full length films available on the video site:
“YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo may remind some people of two cranky kids. When one wants to play, the other one doesn’t. With the possibility of an acquisition, it seems that Microsoft does not want to play:
“Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, on Friday ruled out a full acquisition of Yahoo, though he left the [...]
The partnership with Google was a means of generating much needed revenue for Yahoo and buffering any further acquisition attempts by Microsoft. The project seems to have been ended prematurely with Google removing itself:
“Google has decided to abandon its advertising partnership with Yahoo to avoid having a “protracted legal battle” with regulators.
The deal [...]
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