Carol Bartz new CEO at Yahoo

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    britishguy, Jan 13, 2009 IP
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    why was Jerry ousted? any idea?
     
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  3. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    Yes he thwarted the MS deal then the stocks tanked, but that is only 2 of many reasons
     
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    Jerry Yang actually said in a later interview that he thought Microsoft should buy the company.
    theinquirer(dot)net/inquirer/news/425/1013425/microsoft-should-yahoo-chief
     
    walterj, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    Wow thats a big change[​IMG]
     
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    They don't want it now.. i think he just said that so he didn't get booted
     
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    Hopefully she will do a good job at Yahoo. Its a tough time to step in as a CEO at any business.
     
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    ugh... may be she can make me like yahoo... highly unlikley though lol
     
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    yeah I second this. she has enormous pressure picking up where Jerry left off, I bid her good luck.
     
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    Yeah, I was reading about that earlier. People were joking about her requesting some "frikken breathing room" .... :p
     
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