There was Microsoft. Then Carl Ichan. Then the vindication at a shareholders meeting. Isn't it time for Yahoo to get a break? Apparently, not. It now turns out that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock did not get the resounding affirmation rates of of 85.4...
Yahoo went from Terry to Jerry, and some say we shouldn't expect any watershed change in performance as a result. Leading up to Yahoo's passionate shareholder meeting a couple weeks ago, a strong contingent of voices were calling for Terry Semel's exit from the chief post. But less than a...
CHARLIE ROSE, HOST: Welcome to the broadcast. Tonight a conversation with Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo. CHARLIE ROSE, HOST: Welcome to the broadcast. Tonight a conversation with Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo.
AsiaInfo Services 05-19-2005 1pai GM Resigns CHINA, May 19, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- 1pai.com.cn general manager Joseph Zheng has resigned, said Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo!. Joseph Zheng himself also confirmed the news, and said his d...
Byline: Jeffrey Silva China is hot and on a roll, grabbing headlines everywhere, a great Asian economic juggernaut in the making. The United States is part of the Asian success story, buying billions more in products and services from China t...
LAS VEGAS--Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wireless 2001 show, offering up opinions and advice about the comparatively new wireless industry that is becoming an inte LAS VEGAS--Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas...
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang on the company's corporate blog gave investors–that's who he's really speaking to–a "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" missive. Yang had to say something given he's in for an ugly Monday following Microsoft's walkaway over the weekend. However, it's highly doubtful that...
Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
See Carl Icahn blast Jerry Yang over a compensation plan to fend off a Microsoft bid. See Jerry tell Carl he's manipulating facts and using allegations from a complaint that has no merit. See Larry's eyes glaze over. Anyone else sick of this dueling letter thing? ...
Yahoo got its wish. Microsoft is no longer a possibility as a purchaser. The company improves short-term results by partnering on search with Google. Carl Icahn may give up on his proxy war. And the company lives to fight another day–or at least until Aug. 1 when shareholders unleash their...
So what's that water cooler conversation going to sound like at the Yahoo executive suite today? Probably something like this: Sue Decker: So Jerry how was your weekend? Jerry Yang: Not too bad. I didn't have to talk to Steve Ballmer so how bad...
NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation (NASDAQ:JUPM) today announced that its Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2005, the premier event for search engine marketing & optimization, will be held February 28-March 3 at The Hilton New York in New York City. With over 100 sponsors and exhibitors, this is the...
It had looked like Jerry Yang would at least get a few months to prove he could right the listing ship that is Yahoo. Perhaps it's days now. The issue: Can you really turn a company around when the talent is heading for the exits at a...
Yahoo has been between a rock and a hard place - not making the right management decisions, losing market share, seeing high-level people stream out faster than the latest hit YouTube video, and pressure stepping up from investors. Now it's all coming together in a way that probably spells the...
I thought we all had finally hit Yahoo saturation, at least so far as the shareholder meeting and proxy vote went. But no, there is apparently more squabbling on the horizon, with questions raised about the accuracy of the vote counting. by Erik Sherman
SAN FRANCISCO, California AFP — Yahoo has updated the results of recent voting by shareholders, revealing that support for the Internet firm's board is far weaker than it appeared. Some 200 million votes were mistakenly cast in favor of the re-election of Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and...