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Stern Named Head of New Strategery Role at Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on May 9 at 4:41 pm PT

The man who has been the Swiss Army Knife of Yahoo will be key strategy guy for Thompson, who clearly wants to do a lot of strategizing.

They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

Kara Swisher in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.

It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

Kara Swisher in News on April 4 at 6:22 am PT

CEO Scott Thompson promises that Yahoo, after staff cuts of 14 percent of the entire workforce, will be “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require.”

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

Kara Swisher in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.

Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.

Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms

Kara Swisher in News on March 28 at 8:02 am PT

What is Yahoo? Yes, that again. Meanwhile, employees await cuts.

Sad About Regular Economic Growth? Try the Internet Economy!

Liz Gannes in Commerce on March 19 at 2:18 pm PT

The G-20 Internet economy will be worth $4.2 trillion by 2016, or 5.3 percent of those nations’ combined GDP and almost double what it was last year.

Report: Internet Economy Set to Nearly Double to $4.2T by 2016

Liz Gannes in News on January 27 at 4:45 am PT

The Internet economy of G-20 nations will nearly double in value to $4.2 trillion by 2016, according to a new projection by the Boston Consulting Group.

Never Mind the iPhone 5. Where’s My Windows iPad?

Peter Kafka in Mobile on October 5, 2011 at 8:19 am PT

Sure, lots of folks wanted something new and sexy from Apple yesterday. But if you start asking people what kind of gadgets they really want, you’ll get some interesting answers.