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Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO

Tim Morse, the former CFO of Altera Corp. and a veteran executive of General Electric, has been named Yahoo's new Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1. Morse takes over for Blake Jorgensen, who resigned shortly after new CEO Carol Bartz joined the company but has stayed on during a transition...

Tags: Morse Plc., Yahoo! Inc., CFO, Blake Jorgensen, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Yahoo names new CFO

Yahoo has named Blake Jorgensen chief financial officer. The move comes as Susan Decker moves over to run Yahoos advertiser and publisher group. Deckers move was announced late last year. She has taken a more prominent role on earnings conference...

Tags: General, Search, Web Technology, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-05-15

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Yahoo's Jorgensen lands nicely as new Levi Strauss CFO

It appears that Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen, a casualty of management restructuring by new CEO Carol Bartz earlier this year, will land pretty nicely on his feet. Jorgensen, who has remained on the job as part of a transitional period, is set to receive a severance package of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., CFO, Levi Strauss, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Pre-Bartz Yahoo: Bonuses and more for execs

Turning around a company like Yahoo doesn't come cheap. And keeping executive talent in place - or not - while other senior executives jump ship can also add up. Even though co-founder, Chief Yahoo and former CEO Jerry Yang collected only a $1 salary in 2008, the...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bonus, Salary, Sue Decker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-30

OK. We get it. Microsoft wants a search deal with Yahoo.

Is it just me or does it feel like Microsoft is starting to sound - quite frankly - a bit desperate for a search deal with Yahoo? The Times UK today blasted out the headline: Microsoft reopens door to deal with Yahoo!, citing an interview with Chief...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Bartz announces new management structure at Yahoo but offers no details

update below with details of the new management structure Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz announced a management reorganization this morning in a blog entry titled "Getting our house in order" but offered no specifics on who's in and who's out. What we do know - via an SEC...

Tags: Team, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Bartz, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Yahoo CFO Jorgensen resigns

Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen, who addressed analysts at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference in San Francisco yesterday, has resigned from the company. In a very brief SEC filing, the company wrote: On February 26, 2009, Yahoo! Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Blake Jorgensen, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Conference, CFO, Company, Internet, Search, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Yahoo execs talk Bartz, search deal and new opportunities

It wasn't even a year ago that conversations with Yahoo executives focused around the failed Microsoft deal, a proxy fight with Carl Icahn and a failed search deal with Google. Today, the company is talking about what it probably has wanted to talk about for a long time: partnerships, ad...

Tags: Partnership, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Video, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Should Yahoo sell search or keep it as a buffer?

Yahoo's second quarter results yielded information that may indicate that selling its search division to Microsoft wouldn't be such a bright idea. After perusing Yahoo's second quarter results and the conference call transcript one conclusion screams out for attention: Search revenue is the great buffer in this...

Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Search, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Yahoo meets estimates, plans to lay off 10 percent of workforce

Yahoo's third quarter earnings weren't the complete train wreck that was expected as the company met Wall Street estimates and announced a long-awaited layoff. The company plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce in the fourth quarter. Yahoo statement, reported net income of $54.3 million,...

Tags: Revenue, Cost Management, Yahoo! Inc., Earnings, Workforce, Profits, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft

The Carl Icahn proxy battle and Microsoft buyout drama appears to have been a slight distraction for Yahoo, which is seeing slowing display ad demand amid a weak economy. Yahoo on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of...

Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Yang takes $1 salary in 2007; Former Yahoo execs made the most

Yahoo said in an amendment to its annual report that CEO Jerry Yang was paid $1 for 2007. The company added the amendment since it won't be able to file its proxy statement 120 days after its fiscal year. Yang's $1 salary is in keeping with other...

Tags: Compensation, Yahoo! Inc., Salary, Yang, Rosensweig, Benefits, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more

Updated: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said he was "open to all and any alternatives including a sale to Microsoft" following the company's first quarter results. The brief comments indicate Yahoo hasn't ruled out a Microsoft purchase, but wants something better than the software giant's $31 a share offer. ...

Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees 'headwinds'; Restructuring in Feb.

Yahoo's fourth quarter results Tuesday were better than expected, but the company's outlook for 2008 disappointed. Meanwhile, Yahoo didn't deliver layoffs as many prognosticators were expecting, but CEO Jerry Yang said a workforce review and a targeted "jobs realignment" will begin in February. First the good news...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Yahoo notches Wall Street win; Aims to be Internet 'starting point'

Updated throughout: Yahoo's third quarter results are showing signs of life as the company notched a rare win with Wall Street. For the third quarter ended Sept. 30, Yahoo reported earnings of $151 million, or 11 cents a share, on revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs of $1.28 billion. Earnings...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Wall, Internet, Construction, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Yahoo CTO resigns

Yahoo CTO Farzad Nazem has resigned.In an SEC filing Thursday, Yahoo said Nazem has resigned as chief technology officer effective June 8.  His termination letter can be found on the SEC site.The resignation of Nazem is a blow to a company that just solidified its management team by adding Blake...

Tags: General, Web Technology, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-05-30