If Yahoo ?s annual meeting of shareholders is a sign of investors? mood, the storm of controversy that has swirled around the Internet company for more than two years has largely abated.
If Yahoo?s annual meeting of shareholders is a sign of investors? mood, the storm of controversy that has swirled around the Internet company for more than two years has largely abated.
Yahoo has hired a cost-cutting specialist as its new chief financial officer, signaling the Internet company’s determination to weed out the bureaucracy that has been dragging down its profits for the past three years. The company said Thursday that it had lured Tim Morse away from computer chipmaker Altera.
Carol Bartz, Yahoo?s chief executive, has tapped Tim Morse, the chief financial officer of chip maker Altera, to be the Internet company?s new chief financial officer.
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz has a message for investors hoping for a quick fix at the slumping Internet company or for an online search partnership with Microsoft Corp. ? don’t expect either to happen any time soon.
A Barclays analyst upgraded Yahoo Inc. Monday saying the Internet company is in a better position now than at any point in the past few years to benefit from a rebound in advertising.
Yesterday, BoomTown broke the news that Yahoo’s SVP North American Audience Jeff Dossett was leaving the Internet company after a very short stint, because of personal issues. But, I also noted sources said he was likely to quickly land at a start-up and he has.
The president of Google Inc’s global display advertising business is leaving, marking the latest in a series of changes within the Internet company’s sales team in the past two months.
Yahoo Inc Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen is leaving the Internet company, the latest in a series of executive departures since CEO Carol Bartz took the reins six weeks ago.
Yahoo Inc paid its financial advisers millions of dollars last year to defend the Internet company against Microsoft Corp’s unsolicited buyout offer, according to a filing.
