internet pioneer

Yang's travails: A Yahoo timeline

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:16am

It was a rough 17 months for Jerry Yang as Yahoo's chief executive. Here's a chronology of the Internet pioneer's tenure at the top.



 

Yahoo's choices: Go it alone or cut a deal

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 4:02pm

The Internet pioneer can take the slow road of building its own business or try a major transaction for a quick fix. Here's a look at some of its options.



 

Report: Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs

CNET Tech blog  Sun, 10/19/2008 - 8:00pm

Internet pioneer to announce cost-cutting moves this week, including another round of layoffs, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.



 

Five reasons for more worry at Yahoo

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 10/16/2008 - 6:00am

CNET News has compiled a handy guide for worrywarts trying to figure out what exactly could make matters worse at the Internet pioneer.



 

Yahoo has high hopes for calendar makeover

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 10/07/2008 - 11:00pm

The Internet pioneer will revamp its online calendar starting Wednesday. New: subscriptions, sharing, and targeted advertisements for events.



 

Yahoo shareholders leave meeting disgruntled

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 08/01/2008 - 4:18pm

Executives at the Internet pioneer are probably breathing easier now that the shareholder meeting is over. But several shareholders weren't happy how it went.



 

Yahoo unveils its version of timeline of failed Microsoft talks

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 06/30/2008 - 11:40am

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo, which wants its current nine-member board to be re-elected at its annual shareholders meeting on August ...



 

Losing faith in Jerry Yang

CNN Money  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 1:28pm

Jerry Yang will celebrate his one-year anniversary as Yahoo's CEO on Wednesday. And while Yahoo's top executive has preserved the independence of the battered Internet pioneer he founded, don't expect many folks to congratulate Yang on a job well done.



 

Jerry Yang prepares troops for proxy battle

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:16am

Yahoo's chief executive issues a letter to employees and executives, as the Internet pioneer gears up to fight against activist investor Carl Icahn.