Jerry Yang
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Yahoo's Yang throws jabs at Microsoft and Icahn
News Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang throws a few jabs at Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn, in a Wall Street Journal story. His comments follow a coordinated effort by Icahn and Microsoft this week to woo investors amid a proxy battle.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., software company, software, Jerry Yang, shareholder
Icahn to Yahoo: Nix the poison pill, now
News In a letter to board chairman Roy Bostock, the investor activist roars about Yahoo's "insulting" and "deceitful" actions regarding its severance plan.
Tags: Investor relations, Business development/management, Employee communications, Corporate responsibility, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CNBC, software, job
Google execs stew over Microsoft response
News Google's triumvirate of top executives is meeting Monday to evaluate what to do in response to a Microsoft offer to buy some Yahoo assets.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Decision-making, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, text advertisement, co-founder, Eric Schmidt
Yahoo's quest for respect
News New $100 million marketing campaign will emphasize that Yahoo has a personal touch as the company tries to balance its need to start anew while showing off its strengths.
Tags: Service level management, Web sites, Web 2.0, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang, Internet, strategy, Web 2.0, Service level management
It's official: Bartz becomes Yahoo CEO
News Autodesk's executive chairman now has replaced Jerry Yang. Also: Yahoo President Sue Decker has departed.
Tags: Search, Best strategies, Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., chairman, CEO, News.com, leader, Jerry Yang, leadership style
Yahoo's Microsoft tab totaled US$79 million
News Yahoo ran up a double-digit multimillion dollar tab last year, paying outside advisers US$79 million in its efforts to fend off Microsoft, according to an SEC filing.
Tags: Lawsuits, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., antitrust, SEC, Jerry Yang, shareholder, advisor
Report: Yahoo CEO search narrowing
News Yahoo is close to narrowing the field of candidates down to a few, with former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin among the mix, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, PDA phones, India, Yahoo! Inc., InfoSpace Inc., Bay Area, CTIA, Washington, CEO
Carl Icahn increases stake in Yahoo
News Activist investor--and member of company's board--buys up 7 million shares of Yahoo over the course of three days last week in the United States.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Domain names, Software, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock Market, Stock, Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang
Microsoft, Yahoo said in talks on search deal
News The Times of London says the two companies are discussing a deal that would see Microsoft acquire Yahoo's search business for around US$20 billion.
Tags: Search, Domain names, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., London, CEO, Jerry Yang, CNET Networks Inc.
Yahoo's Bartz: We 'somehow got boring'
News The company is trying hard to right its ship, and will try to convince analysts that it is a rightful player in future of the Internet.
Tags: Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Internet technology company, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web sites, Stock, technology company, financial, senior vice president
Yahoo's Bartz: 'No comment' on Microsoft deal
News In a call with analysts, CEO Carol Bartz referred to outsourcing or partnering parts of Yahoo’s business as it rethinks its strategy.
Tags: Business structures, Earning reports/forecasts, Mergers, Microsoft Corp., Outsourcing, Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, financial, restructuring plan, earnings announcement
Ailing companies, turnaround CEOs
Blogs Back in 1997, Apple Computer was far from the revered company that it is today. The company was bleeding cash and then-C...
Yahoo tries to conceal lawsuit documents
News Suing shareholders and Yahoo disagree about whether information on the company's employee severance plan should be public.
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Business Strategies & Functions, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Associated Press, activist investor, top executive, Jerry Yang, shareholder
Yang courts Microsoft: Show me the money
News Two days after Steve Ballmer takes his offer off the table, chief Yahoo Jerry Yang says he'd be open to another bid from Microsoft.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Advertisement, stock price, Jerry Yang
Jilted Yang desperate to deal?
News On the heels of getting dumped by Google, Yahoo's CEO says "the best thing for Microsoft to do is to buy Yahoo".
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, search-ad partnership, antitrust, Web 2.0
