11 posts and columns on Yangtanic

The One-Year Report Card of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz–Financials: C+

in News on January 15, 2010 at 11:48 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown began grading the performance of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, after she gave herself a B- for overall performance for the one year since she took over the troubled Internet giant. But I decided to be more specific, splitting the grades into five categories: Management, financials, product innovation, deal-making and moxie. For management, I gave Bartz an A-, which some thought was too generous and others thought should have been an A+. Which means, it was just about right! Today, let’s look at financials–by which I mean Yahoo’s fiscal performance and its stock price. In this regard, Bartz only gets a C++ (it’s a techie joke, get it?).
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Jobs: Oh, One More Thing … I'm FINE

in News on September 9, 2008 at 9:57 am PT

Laughing off recent concerns about his health, a skinny–but energetic–Steve Jobs uncrated Apple’s latest hardware and software offerings this morning. Among them: iTunes 8 with HD, firmware updates for the iPod Touch and iPhone and a revamped line of iPods–including a new oval-shaped nano that is the thinnest iPod Apple has ever made.

Jobs: Oh, One More Thing … I’m FINE

in News on September 9, 2008 at 9:57 am PT

Laughing off recent concerns about his health, a skinny–but energetic–Steve Jobs uncrated Apple’s latest hardware and software offerings this morning. Among them: iTunes 8 with HD, firmware updates for the iPod Touch and iPhone and a revamped line of iPods–including a new oval-shaped nano that is the thinnest iPod Apple has ever made.

Return to Yangtanic!

in News on May 4, 2008 at 2:19 pm PT

So after months of negotiations and posturing, Microsoft has given up its efforts to buy Yahoo. And according to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, that’s good news. Indeed, people close to Yahoo said that Yang and Co. greeted the withdrawal of Microsoft’s bid as a victory, with a celebratory exchange of high-fives.

And Now Here's Jerry Yang With the Weather …

in News on January 29, 2008 at 2:00 pm PT

Yahoo Inc. said today its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell compared to the same period a year earlier, amid an ongoing reorganization. Shares in the company tanked in after-hours trading as CEO Jerry Yang predicted a tough 2008. Said Yang, “While we will continue to face headwinds this year, we believe that the moves we are making will help us exit 2008 stronger and more competitive and return to higher levels of operating cash flow growth in 2009.”

And Now Here’s Jerry Yang With the Weather …

in News on January 29, 2008 at 2:00 pm PT

Yahoo Inc. said today its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell compared to the same period a year earlier, amid an ongoing reorganization. Shares in the company tanked in after-hours trading as CEO Jerry Yang predicted a tough 2008. Said Yang, “While we will continue to face headwinds this year, we believe that the moves we are making will help us exit 2008 stronger and more competitive and return to higher levels of operating cash flow growth in 2009.”

It's the Great Pumpkin Jerry Yang!

in News on October 24, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Now how does Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang expect to create that “stronger culture of winning” that Yahoo so desperately needs with sad-sack pronouncements like those he made during a company conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., yesterday? Being chief executive of Yahoo is “a lonely job,” said Yang. “It is a lonely job in the sense that you have to make some of the tough calls.”

It’s the Great Pumpkin Jerry Yang!

in News on October 24, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Now how does Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang expect to create that “stronger culture of winning” that Yahoo so desperately needs with sad-sack pronouncements like those he made during a company conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., yesterday? Being chief executive of Yahoo is “a lonely job,” said Yang. “It is a lonely job in the sense that you have to make some of the tough calls.”

Welcome to Jerry Yang's Sacred Cow Steakhouse. May I Take Your Order?

in News on October 17, 2007 at 3:12 am PT

We need to invest in areas that are most critical to our success and de-emphasize those that are underperforming or don’t match up with our priorities. There will be no sacred cows.” –Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, July 17 Jerry Yang’s abattoir slaughtered enough scared cows in Yahoo’s latest quarter to treat investors to a nice [...]

Welcome to Jerry Yang’s Sacred Cow Steakhouse. May I Take Your Order?

in News on October 17, 2007 at 3:12 am PT

We need to invest in areas that are most critical to our success and de-emphasize those that are underperforming or don’t match up with our priorities. There will be no sacred cows.” –Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, July 17 Jerry Yang’s abattoir slaughtered enough scared cows in Yahoo’s latest quarter to treat investors to a nice [...]

Raise the Yangtanic!

in News, October 5, 2007 at 9:53 am PT