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...
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...
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...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn renewed pressure on Yahoo Inc YHOO to strike a merger deal with Microsoft Corp MSFT and replace Chief Executive Jerry Yang in his latest proxy filing on Thursday. In papers filed with the U.S. Securities...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
WASHINGTON AFP — Yahoo founder and chief executive Jerry Yang accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo with no genuine intent to buy the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Yang, on the defensive as billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn seeks to unseat the current Yahoo board...
Usually, it would not be very impressive to tell people that a yahoo will be the keynote speaker at your organization's biggest event. But the Utah Technology Council said Monday that Jerry Yang, the chief executive officer, co-founder and self-proclaimed "chief yahoo" of Yahoo, will be the...
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Technology Council UTC is excited to announce Jerry Yang, CEO and Chief Yahoo of Yahoo! Inc., as the keynote speaker for its 10th annual Hall of Fame black-tie gala. The 2008 Hall of Fame will begin with networking at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo on Monday tried to rally shareholder support for its embattled board of directors and management amid a proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn. The Internet company, in a 32-page filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, detailed a defense of its nine directors,...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo is revamping operations as it pursues an independent strategy after snubbing Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid. Yahoo on Thursday said it would create three new divisions to help centralize its Internet products, build its worldwide audience and better capitalize on the growth of online...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today sent the following letter to all stockholders from Chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang. [TABLE OMITTED] Forward-Looking Statements This letter contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning Yahoo!'s projected financial performance...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Yahoo has sent a letter to stockholders defending its alliance with Google and criticizing Carl Icahn's campaign to install a Microsoft-friendly board of directors. Yahoo's board is lobbying for allies as it heads for a showdown with the billionaire corporate raider at an annual...
Yahoo on Thursday said it has entered a non-exclusive search-advertising partnership with rival Google. Under the agreement, Yahoo can run ads supplied by Google alongside its own search results and on some of its websites in the USA and Canada. Yahoo will decide where the Google ads will...
Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to let Google Inc. sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet searches, seeking to shore up sales after ending talks with Microsoft Corp. about a combination. The deal may add $800 million a year to sales, Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif.,...
Business News IN BRIEF *Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist engaged in a public battle with the internet search engine Yahoo, has published another angry letter he sent to the company. Mr Icahn accused the company, which last month fended off a takeover bid from Microsoft, of failing...
Urges Stockholders to Reelect Current Board of Directors and Reject Carl Icahn's Slate SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, filed its definitive Proxy Statement today. Yahoo! is including the following letter to Yahoo! stockholders from Chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang with...
