Stories tagged with Yahoo
Yahoo hires away Altero Corp. CFO
By Ric Bohy | June 14, 2009 at 9:29am | 0
Yahoo’s new CEO, Carol Bartz, has gone outside the Internet biz once again to restaff the executive suite as the company looks for ways to replace slipping online advertising revenues while challenging rival Google for search engine dominance.
Carol Bartz may bring new direction to Yahoo
By A. James Memmott | January 18, 2009 at 12:56pm | 4
The selection last week of Carol A. Bartz to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. is receiving generally favorable reviews.
Antitrust expert Sanford Litvack to examine Google-Yahoo deal
By A. James Memmott | September 11, 2008 at 10:15am | 0
In a move that could signal its intention to go to court against two Internet giants, the U.S. Justice Department has hired the former head of its antitrust division to look at a revenue-sharing deal between Google and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft confirms it could renew its effort to buy all of Yahoo!
By Gary Jacobson | July 7, 2008 at 10:41am | 0
As dissident shareholder Carl Icahn warned that Yahoo! is “moving toward a precipice” and “it is time for a change,” Microsoft said today it could renew its effort to buy Yahoo! The catch: First Yahoo! shareholders must vote in a new slate of directors at their Aug. 1 meeting.
Rate your boss on Glassdoor.com
By Emily Morgan | June 12, 2008 at 3:24pm | 3
Wouldn’t you love to know what you’d earn if you worked for your employer’s biggest competitor?
Icahn blogs on Securities and Exchange Commission site
By Laurie Bennett | June 11, 2008 at 9:40am | 1
We wish we had said it first. The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal made the observation Monday that investor Carl Icahn has adopted the Securities and Exchange Commission as his personal blog.
Microsoft hires lobbyists to help with Yahoo acquisition
By Laurie Bennett | April 21, 2008 at 10:13am | 0
Microsoft has brought in a Washington lobbying firm, Bryan Cave Strategies, to help in its drive to buy Yahoo.
Will Smith invests in PluggedIn, new music video site
By Emily Morgan | April 17, 2008 at 12:13pm | 2
Three of the biggest companies in the music industry will be providing content for web-newcomer PluggedIn, which offers high-definition music videos and concerts to be streamed online for free.
A closer look at Yahoo leadership
By Laurie Bennett | February 18, 2008 at 10:08am | 0
Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo has put a harsh spotlight, perhaps too late, on the company’s board.
Kara Swisher, writing on All Things Digital this morning, predicts that the directors’ response to the unsolicited buyout attempt may simply be inertia.
Yahoo-Maven deal opens another path for Microsoft
By Laurie Bennett | February 13, 2008 at 11:20am | 0
Being pursued by Microsoft hasn’t deterred Yahoo from its own pursuits of smaller fry.
Yahoo announced yesterday that it had paid $160 million for Maven Networks, a firm that sells video-management systems for online advertising. Maven’s customers include such major media outfits as Gannett, Scripps and Fox News.
Google goes to Washington
By Laurie Bennett | February 5, 2008 at 11:25am | 0
Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo!
By Gary Jacobson | February 1, 2008 at 7:31am | 1
Whole Foods, but not the whole story
By Muckety | July 12, 2007 at 7:58am | 0
So, now we know how at least one corporate CEO got his kicks. For years, he posted on financial bulletin boards, under an alias, sometimes criticizing the competition.
“I posted on Yahoo! under a pseudonym because I had fun doing it,”
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey acknowledged on his company’s Web site last night. “I never intended any of those postings to be identified with me.”
