Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.
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Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

Will a shake-up of the board of the daily deals company help its prospects?
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Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.
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Liveblogging the New Yahoo CEO Call: You Might Want to Refrain From Cussing, Scott!

Mind your P’s and Q’s and Y’s too!
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Loeb on Yahoo Board: I’ve Looked at Clowns From Both Sides Now

Hedge fund tough guy Daniel Loeb unloads on Yahoo, after it hung up on him. With more than five percent of the company — big mistake. Biiiiiig mistake.
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Yahoo for Sale: Possible Bidders Circling — Including Marc Andreessen — as Board Pressure Mounts

As Yahoo’s board meets today to talk about what to do next, the unsettled situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant might overtake them sooner than later.
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Demand Media Q2 Call Liveblog: Spam-a-Not

Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.
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Liveblogging Microsoft Q4 Earnings: I’m So Excited and I Just Can’t Hide It

Microsoft had a solid fourth quarter, which is why the conference call with Wall Street analysts should be relatively short and sweet. Or sweet, at least.
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The Anti-Nokia-Yahoo Charts: The Microsoft-Shoots-Scores-in-Q4 Data

Microsoft has a lot to crow about in its fourth-quarter earnings today, including a 30 percent jump in profits and strong overall growth in its many divisions.
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As CEO Bartz Fiddles With Turnaround, Yahoo’s Stock Value Burns

Yahoo — which turned in yet another disappointing quarter on Tuesday, but with all new excuses for the continuing decline in revenue — is now getting toasted by Wall Street. That would be the marshmallow — and not the champagne — kind.
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