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Former CEO Thompson Might Be Gone, But Internal Investigation Into ResuMess Still a Hot Potato at Yahoo

in News on May 22 at 9:03 am PT

The mystery of the botched bio lingers on.
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Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

in News on May 14 at 7:12 pm PT

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.
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Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

in News on May 14 at 2:00 am PT

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.
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Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.
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Heidrick & Struggles Slaps Back at Thompson’s Yahoo in Blame Game Over ResuMess

in News on May 11 at 6:39 pm PT

Oh no, you didn’t!
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Is He In or Is He Out? Crunchtime for Scott Thompson at Yahoo.

in News on May 11 at 8:15 am PT

Waiting for a verdict in trial of ResuMess.
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Not So Scott Free? Yahoo’s Other Big Shareholder — Cap Re — Leaning Toward Supporting Loeb Over Thompson ResuMess.

in News on May 10 at 3:56 pm PT

Is the tenure of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson — who is now big with the excuses — in trouble if other shareholders start to bolt?
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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.
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CEO Says Sorry to Yahoos for Borked Bio “Distraction” — But Will Mea Culpa Work Without an Apology for Error? (Memo)

in News on May 7 at 4:59 pm PT

He’s sorry. Deeply regrets. Apologizes. Takes full responsibility for the distraction. You know the drill.
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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame)

in News on May 6 at 8:27 pm PT

On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

in News, May 5, 2012 at 9:33 am PT

Yahoo’s Thompson Asks Employees to “Stay Focused” — Except Not on Him

in News, May 4, 2012 at 6:04 pm PT

How Did a Phantom CS Degree Get on CEO’s Bio in SEC Filings? Yahoo’s Not Saying.

in News, May 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm PT

Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

in Commerce, April 30, 2012 at 12:40 pm PT

Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

in News, April 23, 2012 at 12:13 pm PT

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

in News, April 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm PT

It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)

in News, April 10, 2012 at 8:11 am PT

Clicking on a Fortune: Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1 Billion

in News, April 9, 2012 at 10:03 am PT

Amid Worries About Strategery, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Tries to Soothe the Savaged Troops (Memo Time!)

in News, April 5, 2012 at 3:13 pm PT

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

in News, April 4, 2012 at 6:22 am PT

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

in News, April 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm PT

Here Are the 10 New Back-at-You Patent Exhibits in Facebook Versus Yahoo

in News, April 3, 2012 at 11:52 am PT

Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

in News, April 3, 2012 at 11:13 am PT

Sticks and Stones: Third Point Launches “Value Yahoo” Blog (Which Does Not Value Current Leadership)

in News, April 2, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

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

in News, March 30, 2012 at 9:00 am PT