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For new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, a test of leadership
Published 2/1/2009 by
By Elise Ackerman
Mercury News at Technology
Investors are demanding to know: How will Yahoo compete with Google and cope with the rising popularity of sites like MySpace and Facebook, as well as new applications like Twitter? And, more importantly, will the company strengthen itself through a deal with either Microsoft or AOL?
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