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- Icahn to resign from Yahoo board
- Billionaire Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy war for control of Yahoo after co-founder Jerry Yang rejected a Microsoft takeover last year, said he will resign from Yahoo's Board of Directors, according to reports. Noting that the board no longer needs an activist, Icahn said he is...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search Pad?
- Yahoo is set to launch a new search feature this week that could give the embattled company an opportunity to do what it - as well as others - have been able to do in recent years: truly challenge Google in the search business. I know. It's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Business, Yahoo! Inc., Search Pad, Search, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Tailoring Web technology to a bespoke dress shirt business
- It's not easy to mix up the monotony of putting on a shirt and a tie every day for work, but what if the shirt was made-to-order, with details of your own choosing? Fashion startup ShirtsMyWay allows you to spruce up your tired work uniform and customize...
- Tags: Web Technology, Web, Women, Denmark, Gender And Diversity, AJAX, Human Resources, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Green Dam Watch: Software dates from '06, Sony is shipping, vendors will uninstall.
- Item: Green Dam Youth Escort - the Chinese net nanny software that must be installed on PCs sold in China starting Wednesday - is largely stolen from a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter software. For proof, see this post. Item: Rebecca MacKinnon...
- Tags: Software, Sony Corp., McKinnon, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning
- A lot has changed at Yahoo since its shareholders last gathered last year. Back then, Jerry Yang was running the show and anger was in the air over a missed opportunity to be acquired by Microsoft earlier in the year. The lynch mob of shareholders, led by billionaire investor Carl...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- 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
- Yahoo's Bartz: "No comment" on Microsoft deal (but maybe a hint)
- updated: Yahoo's earnings announcement - the actual financial numbers, that is - seems to be more of a formality these days. In a call with analysts today, CEO Carol Bartz made references to outsourcing or partnering pieces of Yahoo's business as the company rethinks its strategy under her leadership. Can...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Managed Hosting, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, IPO, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Services, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Churchill Club podcast: VC trends and strategies for 2009
- In this edition of the Churchill Club podcast series, a panel of experts talk changing company valuations, and threats such as corporate bankruptcies and limited partners reneging on their investment commitments. Here's the outlook for the year ahead. Panelists include: Jay Hoag, Co-founder, Technology Crossover...
- Tags: Strategy, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- What a difference one atom makes
- A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...
- Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops
- Jerry Yang is no longer CEO of Yahoo. After a short and stormy tenure as CEO Yang is back to being Chief Yahoo. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft and a search deal--if not outright acquisition--may not be too far behind. The official line from Yahoo Techmeme: Yahoo today...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- 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
- The time is now for a Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- The patience over Microsoft and Yahoo's never-ending deal dance is wearing thin among the chattering class--bloggers, analysts and folks sick of following this dysfunctional courtship--and the consensus is right. The time to do a Microsoft-Yahoo deal is now and it's time to put aside the bad boardroom blood and hook...
- Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Squali, Aggarwal, Data Centers, Outsourcing, Search, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore
- Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymoreBallmer is not pretendingThey're indeed not interested in Yahoo anymore. Die YahooYHOO.Yeah right !!! Ballmer isn't interested in Yahoothe same way he isn't interested in Webkit. talk about a load of CRAP !!!MS will fail at every Internet push.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/07/hotmail_new_interface_complaints/Yahoo or not, MS is a...
- Tags: Portals, INTERNET, Web technology, Investment, Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Google calls it quits on the Yahoo ad deal; Will Microsoft enter the picture?
- Updated: In a move that's not terribly surprising, Google said Wednesday that it is scrapping its search advertising deal with Yahoo. Google's decision puts Yahoo's search business back in play and may bring Microsoft back into the picture. In a blog post, Google announced it was ending...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Handicapping the neutered Google-Yahoo ad deal
- With the advertising deal between Google and Yahoo now in the Department of Justice's lap with restrictions two things are becoming clear. Yahoo will reap less revenue and Google is hanging in with a non-material deal to keep Microsoft out of the picture for a bit longer. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- No surprise. Yahoo expected to announce layoffs
- No surprise. Yahoo expected to announce layoffsBETTER DAYSDownsizing and the associated layoffs can be and usually is very painful for families. We all know the reasons why. For some it will represent the best thing that could have happened for them. Losing a job forces people to review their careers...
- Tags: Investment, Workforce management, Yahoo! Inc., stock, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Expected, layoff, FUD
- Discussion threads 2008-10-20
- No surprise. Yahoo expected to announce layoffs
- Word leaked out over the weekend that Yahoo is planning layoffs when it reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday afternoon. The exact number of jobs affected is unknown, thought sources told the San Jose Mercury News and Wall Street Journal that it would likely be more than 1,000. The job cuts...
- Tags: Layoff, Yahoo! Inc., Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?
- Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees
- The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and CEO Jerry Yang. We're back to dueling letters again and the saga is very messy Techmeme. On...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Search, Yahoo! Press Release, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
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