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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

Sue Decker's super powers

Sue Decker's super powersNaw, Sue will be going out the dooralong with Yang.RE: Sue Decker's super powersNaw. NO Ax will be going out the door. Computers are a waste of time. Choose wisely and get a life

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, super-power, Sue Decker, Naw

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Microhoo talks on again--or not

Microhoo talks on again--or notCould be someone trying to raiseYahoo's stock price before they sell.This just in: [i]Reuters - CNBC says no deal "whatsoever" on the table between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, citing unnamed sources.Copyright 2008 Reuters[/i]This is getting downright dysfunctionalMaybe something like the alcoholic who just has to...

Tags: Benefits, Financial accounting, Investment, Sue Decker, Yahoo! Inc., Microhoo, Icahn, Yang

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Daily Debrief: Icahn's plans for Yahoo

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Dawn Kawamoto, discuss Carl Icahn's plans for Yahoo, and the possibility of ousting Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and others to get Microsoft back to the table.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., News, charlie cooper, dawn kawamoto, daily debrief, microsoft, yahoo, carl icahn, jerry yang, sue decker

Videos 2008-06-04

Additional Resources

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's Bartz to earn $1M plus bonuses, options

Carol Bartz, Yahoo's new CEO, will earn a base salary of $1 million, not counting bonuses, as well as stock options of 5 million shares, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Her offer letter, excerpted below, lays out details on bonuses and stock options, as well...

Tags: Compensation Committee, Stock Option, Compensation, Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Company, Benefits, Stock Options, Investment, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-15

News to know: Jobs' medical leave; Windows 7; BlackBerry PDF vulnerabilities; Tech economy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jobs to take medical leave; Back in summer at WWDC? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:  Steve Jobs takes "medical...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Larry Dignan, Patent, Microsoft Windows 7, Adobe PDF, Leave, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?

Yahoo has confirmed that Carol Bartz is its new CEO. Now the real fun begins: Turning around Yahoo amid a horrid economy and deciding whether to do a search deal with Microsoft. But first Bartz will need a No. 2 as Yahoo president Sue Decker will resign. ...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carol Bartz, BoomTown, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Report: Yahoo near CEO decision.

A decision on Yahoo's new CEO could come as early as next week and the company is reportedly leaning toward someone from the outside, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Carol Bartz, the former chief executive officer of engineering software company Autodesk, is reportedly "on the list,"...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move

Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo

Jerry Yang, co-founder and CEO of Yahoo. will step down as CEO as soon as the board of directors finds a replacement, sources told All Things Digital's Boomtown blog today. Techmeme The company made a formal announcement shortly after the blog posting went live. ...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-17

News to know: Tech sales and the art of spin; Firefox; Apple; HD streaming

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Brian Sommer: Quit Spinning - You're Making Me Dizzy Ryan Naraine: Firefox rushes out fix for password manager bug Matthew Miller: Microsoft deep sixes...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, Mozilla Firefox, Steve Ballmer, Radio, Apple Inc., Sales, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Yahoo's Bostock says Board "called the shots" about Microsoft.

updated: Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock takes the stage to address shareholders. The bottom line: The handling of the Microsoft proposal was handled by the board from the beginning. "We called the shots and we were deeply involved in every step of the way... Our Number One prirority...

Tags: Shareholder, Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-01

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

Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders

Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed to "correct the record" on everything from the company's compensation plan to how the Microsoft bid went down. But Yahoo...

Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Reorg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Leadership, Strategy, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Yang's recovery runway: Months to days (and board should go too)

Yang's recovery runway: Months to days and board should go tooCould not agree more, but, that won't save Yang. He will be out soon.The MS offer and Icahn basically destroyed what was left of Yahoo.That is not what those leaving....are saying. They are making it very clear they are disappointed...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Yang's recovery runway: Months to days (and board should go too)

It had looked like Jerry Yang would at least get a few months to prove he could right the listing ship that is Yahoo. Perhaps it's days now. The issue: Can you really turn a company around when the talent is heading for the exits at a...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Recovery, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Meet Jerry Yang, pinata

Meet Jerry Yang, pinataYahoo customers are walking.http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/marketers-see-l.htmlEveryone thinking Yaoo/Google was such a great idea, think again.RE: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataShame, really, because Yang esssentially stood up for employees and customers.Gee, what a concept.If MS took over Yahoo, there would have been massive layoffs, and the Yahoo products, and the consumers...

Tags: INTERNET, Benefits, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Meet Jerry Yang, Microsoft Corp., Jerry Yang

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Meet Jerry Yang, pinata

So what's that water cooler conversation going to sound like at the Yahoo executive suite today? Probably something like this: Sue Decker: So Jerry how was your weekend? Jerry Yang: Not too bad. I didn't have to talk to Steve Ballmer so how bad...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-16