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Yahoo betting on content biz revival...dilettante, appears to believe this. Yahoo's new strategy hinges on a basic premise that many have figured out, but some still don't get: The Internet demands a unique approach to content creation. You can't just pick up a newspaper or... In this article: Yahoo, Google, Lloyd Braun, Yahoo Sports, Wal-Mart, and Frank Nicotero |
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Seeking Alpha | October 07, 2009
Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz's Continued Share Dumps Reflect Poorly on Leadership
...options worth $3.3 million at the time she signed the deal. Every quarter, when Carol gets her cash and stock from Yahoo! for this inflated "Make-Up Grant," she owes taxes on it. What is unusual about Carol compared to other senior...
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San Jose Mercury News | September 10, 2009
Yahoo CEO Bartz says she would have taken last year's Microsoft offer
The former Autodesk chief executive replaced co-founder Jerry Yang, who stepped aside as CEO amid shareholder discontent over last year's Microsoft's takeover drama, but remains a board member and "chief Yahoo" at the company. Since...
In this article: Microsoft, CNBC, China, Bing, Google, Autodesk, and Steve Ballmer
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MarketWatch.com - MarketWatch Breaking News Bulletins | January 13, 2009
Yahoo to name former Autodesk boss Carol Bartz as CEO: Wall Street Journal
Yahoo to name former Autodesk boss Carol Bartz as CEO: Wall Street Journal Yahoo to name Carol Bartz as new CEO: WSJ Last update: 1:02 p.m. EST Jan. 13, 2009 , , ) is expected to name Carol Bartz, the former chief executive of Autodesk,...
In this article: Autodesk and Wall Street Journal
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All things digital – all feeds - ATD | October 28, 2009
Liveblog: Carol Bartz at Yahoo Investor Day [Digital Daily]
...its first in three-and-a-half years. Among the questions top of mind for Yahoo (YHOO) investors and analysts attending the meeting: How is Yahoo's plan to outsource search to Microsoft coming along? What are the short- and long-term...
In this article: Microsoft, San Jose Mercury News, Autodesk, Silicon Valley, and U.S.
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CNET News.com | July 29, 2009
Hello Godot: Microsoft, Yahoo finally hook up
..."Waiting for Godot." Jerry Yang's determination to fend off Microsoft last year led shareholder Carl Icahn to gain three seats worth of influence over Yahoo management after he and two associates joined Yahoo's board. Later in 2008, Yang...
In this article: Microsoft, Google, Bing, Outsourcing, Yahoo search, Carl Icahn, and Autodesk
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NY Post: Business | January 13, 2009
YAHOO! PICKS NEW CEO: REPORT
Perhaps more importantly to Yahoo's long-suffering shareholders, Autodesk's stock price rose by an annual average of nearly 20 percent during Bartz's stint as CEO, beating the 10.6 percent annual average for the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
In this article: Yahoo Inc., Autodesk Inc, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Trademark, California, and Revenue
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USATODAY.com | July 29, 2009
Microsoft, Yahoo link up in Internet search deal
...replace Yang. April 10: New reports emerge that Bartz and Ballmer have met about possible deals, including one in which Microsoft would sell advertising on Yahoo's search pages and Yahoo would manage Microsoft's display ads. Microsoft and...
In this article: Microsoft, Google, Steve Ballmer, Bing, Revenue, U.S. Justice Department, and Carl Icahn
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CNET News.com | February 27, 2009
Yahoo's Microsoft tab - $79 million
...chief Yahoo. And Sue Decker, who was Yahoo's president during the tumultuous year, lost out her bid to become the next CEO, when Yahoo's board named former Autodesk chief Carol Bartz to oversee the troubled Internet company. Dawn Kawamoto...
In this article: Microsoft, CNET News, Securities and Exchange Commission, Carl Icahn, Google, and Autodesk
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National Public Radio | July 29, 2009
Yahoo, Microsoft Partner After Years Of Talks
...attempt to merge? Mr. BISHOP: That's a great point. It was a year and a half ago that Microsoft actually tried to acquire Yahoo for many billions of dollars, and Yahoo rebuffed it. Since then, Yahoo has brought on a new CEO, Carol Bartz,...
In this article: Microsoft, Google, Public Radio, Yahoo search, National Public Radio, and All rights reserved
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping (Yahoo! Maps), video sharing (Yahoo! Video), and social media websites and services.
Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.
On January 13, 2009, Yahoo! appointed Carol Bartz, former executive chairperson of Autodesk, as its new chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.
According to Web traffic analysis companies (including Compete.com, comScore, Alexa Internet, Netcraft, and Nielsen Ratings), the domain yahoo.com attracted at least 1.575 billion visitors annually by 2008. The global network of Yahoo! websites receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average . It is the second most visited website in the world in May 2009.
- Name:
- Yahoo! Inc.
- Type:
- Public company (NASDAQ: YHOO)
- Location City:
- 701 First Avenue
- Location Country:
- United States
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founded:
- Santa Clara, California
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- YHOO
- Industry:
- Internet, computer software
- Key People:
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- Jerry Yang, Co-founder
- Roy J. Bostock, Chairman
- David Filo, Co-founder
- Carol Bartz, CEO
- Revenue:
- $7.22 billion USD (2008)
- Operating Income:
- $4.13 billion USD (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 13,500 (Q1 2009)
- Motto:
- "Do you Yahoo?"
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