It’s been building for months, but it finally happened. Yahoo CEO Terry Semel stepped down. To some people’s surprise, co-founder Jerry Yang stepped up to take his place. Susan Decker, meanwhile, was promoted to president. What do all these changes mean?
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Yahoo Shareholder Pushes New Plan
The press have been calling it “Yahoo’s Plan B.” Proposed by Eric Jackson, who posted a video to YouTube about it, the nine-point plan has been gaining some grassroots support. But does a turnaround plan promoted in such an unorthodox manner by a minority stockholder really have any hope of success?
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Is Yahoo! Losing its Nerve?
What did Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel and CFO Susan Decker mean when they made comments recently that sounded like the company was throwing in the towel in its long-time rivalry with Google? Should you sell your shares? Not without taking another look at Yahoo!’s strategy.
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