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Yahoo CEO Countdown, 26 Days to Go: As Chernin Declines, Will a Dark Horse Emerge?
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/5/2008
Yahoo CEO Countdown, 26 Days to Go: As Chernin Declines, Will a Dark Horse Emerge?
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With Yahoo board Chairman Roy Bostock reportedly assuring investors and others that the company will have a CEO in place by the end of the year, it seems prudent for BoomTown to initiate an official Yahoo CEO Countdown. After all, this column had a 100-Day No-Sacred-Cows Vision Quest , to ...
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
amlawdaily.typepad.com - 12/3/2008
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
— amlawdaily.typepad.com — December 2, 2008 1:00 PM Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo Posted by Nate Raymond Litvack Google Inc. and... Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges ... (more) Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo

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Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers.
microsoft.com - 12/4/2008
Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet ...
— microsoft.com — Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008... — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu will lead ... (more) Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...

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Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/8/2008
Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
— kara.allthingsd.com — While there are layoffs all over now, as evidenced by the dismal jobs reports last week, the... long-planned Yahoo (YHOO) layoffs will definitely be taking place Wednesday. The layoff number was announced by its (eventually outgoing) CEO Jerry ... (more) Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details

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Silicon Alley Insider:  News Corp's Chernin Turns Yahoo Down (YHOO)

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News Corp's Chernin Turns Yahoo Down (YHOO)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... News Corp. COO Peter Chernin took a call from Yahoo (YHOO) board chairman Roy Bostock, but he refused to visit Sunnyvale to talk about the job, Kara Swisher reports: ...

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