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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don't They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a...
Earlier today, Yahoo’s persistent thorn, activist shareholder Dan Loeb of Third Point poison-penned another letter to the board of the Silicon Valley Internet company, demanding that Yahoo fire its...
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Yahoo Should Expect Incoming Lawsuit Lobbed by Loeb Tomorrow on CEO Hiring
On Friday, Third Point’s Dan Loeb — the activist shareholder who is waging an ever-nastier proxy battle against Yahoo — said in a letter regarding the inexplicable errors in the resume of its CEO...
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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh "Options" (I.E.,...
Even as Yahoo’s board was kibitzing all weekend about how to handle the continuing resume-padding controversy around its recently hired CEO Scott Thompson — including hiring its own outside crisis...
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Loeb Lobs Lawsuit, as Expected, at Yahoo's Borked Bio Mess
Botched CEO bio. Activist shareholder. Screwy board of directors. Mix it all together and what do you get? More legal filings, natch! This — as I reported this weekend would happen today — from Dan...
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Buffett Comments on Trust Issue in Yahoo CEO BioGate: "You've Got a Problem"
Activist shareholder Daniel Loeb of Third Point just got an unlikely and powerful ally in his proxy fight against Yahoo: Berkshire Hathaway’s famed Warren Buffett. In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC...
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CEO Says Sorry to Yahoos for Borked Bio "Distraction" -- But Will Mea Culpa...
He’s sorry. Deeply regrets. Apologizes. Takes full responsibility for the unfortunate distraction to the people. No, it’s not a scandal-ridden politician caught in some compromising position, but...
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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From...
CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved. Patti Hart — the Yahoo director in charge of the search that resulted in the hiring of Scott Thompson as its CEO, making her...
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Place Your Bets: Will Loeb Drop Another Bomb on Yahoo at Vegas Confab Later...
Daniel Loeb of Third Point — the activist shareholder who set off a management crisis at Yahoo last week with the revelation that new CEO Scott Thompson had added a fake computer science degree to his...
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Not So Scott Free? Yahoo's Other Big Shareholder -- Cap Re -- Leaning Toward...
One of Yahoo’s biggest long-term investors, Capital Research and Management, which owns more than 10 percent of the company in two different funds, is leaning toward voting for the slate proposed by...
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Is He In or Is He Out? Crunchtime for Scott Thompson at Yahoo.
While he has only been CEO of Yahoo for less than five months, in the next several days Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is facing perhaps the most critical moment of his short tenure. According to sources...
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Heidrick & Struggles Slaps Back at Thompson's Yahoo in Blame Game Over ResuMess
And it just gets worse in the controversy over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson and the circumstances around how a fake computer science degree could get onto his bio. Heidrick & Struggles is smacking...
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Exclusive: Yahoo's Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb...
Yahoo’s embattled CEO Scott Thompson (pictured here) is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science...
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Yahoo Officially Confirms ATD Report on CEO Changes and Proxy Settlement
Here you go, on what I reported earlier today on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson stepping down, being replaced by current global media head Ross Levinsohn on an interim basis, the naming of board member Fred...
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Here's New Yahoo CEO's First Note to Troops! (The...
Here is the first missive to Yahoo’s troops from new interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, which I obtained from 653 sources at the company. (Joke alert! Sort of!) “Importantly, today’s announcements lay to...
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Yahoo's Parting With Thompson Will Be for "Cause" (aka CSLie)
According to numerous sources, Yahoo is claiming “cause” in its parting with former CEO Scott Thompson, related to the fake computer science degree on his resume. Such a determination will mean the...
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Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal -- Half Now, Then...
Yahoo is in the final stages of selling a large chunk of its stake in the Alibaba Group back to the company — in a complex deal that is set to include a multibillion-dollar share buyback to investors...
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Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion...
As AllThingsD reported several days ago they would, Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally reached an agreement for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web...
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Former CEO Thompson Might Be Gone, But Internal Investigation Into ResuMess...
While former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson fades from the tech scene — besides getting jacked from the top job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, he’s also just come off two tech boards he had served on...
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Exclusive: Yahoo Board Hires Spencer Stuart for CEO Search
Yahoo’s board has hired Spencer Stuart in yet another CEO search, although sources close to the company said that interim leader Ross Levinsohn is the prime candidate for the position at this point....
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Yahoo's Levinsohn Strategy Gets Some Lionizing in Cannes by P&G
Even if the board of Yahoo is taking its sweet time in naming him as permanent CEO — and it is as it conducts what appears to be a serious search effort to find the unicorn leader it has never found...
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Yahoo's Longtime Top Lawyer Mike Callahan Departs (Internal Memo!)
Mike Callahan, Yahoo’s longtime and powerful general counsel, is leaving the company. According to an internal memo, which is embedded below, Callahan does not have another job. But sources said that...
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Exclusive: Ross Levinsohn Departs Yahoo
As I previously reported he likely would, top Yahoo exec Ross Levinsohn — who lost the CEO race to former Google exec Marissa Mayer — is leaving the company, according to several sources. Mayer also...
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Yahoo Hires Longtime McKinsey Exec DeVine to Head Global Ops
According to an internal memo and now on his LinkedIn profile, Yahoo has just hired longtime McKinsey exec John DeVine as SVP of global operations. He has worked in the marketing and sales practice at...
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Jawbone Hires Microsoft's Mindy Mount as President to Turbocharge Ops
In a key hire, Jawbone said today that it had hired Mindy Mount, a top corporate VP at Microsoft, as its president. The move by the San Francisco-based maker of wireless, music and wearable devices is...
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How Can You Miss Us if We Won't Go Away? Paczkowski and Swisher Highlights...
A day late, but here’s the last installment of highlight posts from AllThingsD staffers, as we reach twilight on Dec. 31 and this site is no more. As one of my fave depressing funeral poems goes: “Do...
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