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Tag Archives: Yahoo!
5 Things to Remember About the Yahoo Telecommuting Debate
The news that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting has created as much buzz as her initial hiring, her pregnancy, or her incredibly short maternity leave. In other words, it's getting a lot of attention, and much of it … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Yahoo Fires Newscaster Over GOP Remark; Teachers Fight for Softer Evaluations; Report Warns of Peril for Community College
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Yahoo fires David Chalian over GOP remark (SF Chronicle) Yahoo said Wednesday that it had fired David Chalian, the website's Washington bureau chief, after he was recorded at the Republican National Convention saying convention officials were "happy to have a … Continue reading
10 Memorable Leaked Quotes From Yahoo! Internal Memos
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"You are doing important work. Please don’t stop." That's new Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, in her first memo to employees Thursday. Sure, that might sound like an odd message for a company that has lost half its stock value over … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Silicon Valley Ranks High in Demand for Visas; Bus Rapid Transit Approved in Oakland; Snowy Plover Comes Back
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Silicon Valley ranks highest in "H-1B intensity" for foreign worker visas (SJ Mercury News) The Bay Area ranks behind only metropolitan New York in recruiting high-skilled workers from abroad, but it's not just Silicon Valley tech giants on the hunt … Continue reading
Google Executive Tapped as Yahoo's Next Chief
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(AP) Yahoo is hiring longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer to be its next CEO, the fifth in five years as the company struggles to rebound from years of financial malaise and internal turmoil. Mayer, who starts at Yahoo Inc. on … Continue reading
Yahoo Confirms Theft of 450,000 Users' Passwords
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LONDON (AP) — Some 450,000 Yahoo users' email addresses and passwords have been leaked because of a security breach, the company confirmed Thursday, adding that just a small fraction of the stolen passwords were valid. Yahoo said it is fixing … Continue reading
Video Interview: Kara Swisher Analyzes the Yahoo! Mess
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Here's ABC 7′s complete interview with journalist Kara Swisher of AllThingsD on the Yahoo! situation. Some interesting insidery observations… Employees are "thrilled" that CEO Scott Thompson was given the boot. "The board acted quickly," Swisher says. "There was a problem … Continue reading
Fired Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Reportedly Has Thyroid Cancer
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(AP) Yahoo's Scott Thompson, who was pressured to give up his CEO post because his official biography included a college degree he never received, reportedly has thyroid cancer. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it did not identify, says that … Continue reading
Scott Thompson Leaves Yahoo; Interim CEO Named
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NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately. Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under fire for more … Continue reading
