News tagged with carol bartz

Microsoft, Yahoo team up to ding Google with Bing

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and finally setting the stage for them to make a joint assault ...

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Google goes it alone in China censorship fight

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship.

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created Mar 28, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 16

Sun sets on Silicon Valley's Sun Microsystems

Silicon Valley is anything but a sentimental place. Companies come and go. They start. They fail. We move on.

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created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Yahoo! shares surge on takeover reports

Yahoo! shares surged on Wall Street on Tuesday as takeover reports swirled around the Internet giant.

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created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks

Microsoft and Yahoo! have held "early discussions" about possible Internet search and advertising partnerships, a leading Silicon Valley technology website reported on Friday.

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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo jazzes up home page with major makeover

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is sprucing up its Web site's home page with a long-promised makeover that is supposed to make it easier to see what's happening at the Internet's other hot spots.

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Yahoo! CEO pay package worth over 47 million dollars

Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz, who took the reins of the Internet firm last year, received compensation worth more than 47 million dollars in 2009, the company reported.

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created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

How much is Yahoo worth? The case for buying

(AP) -- It's losing business to Google and Facebook. Its stock has gone nowhere since 2008. It just announced its fourth CEO in five years. It's enough to make investors replace the exclamation point in the logo with a question ...

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created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thank God for new Yahoo chief's candor

I want to like Carol Bartz -- and maybe I will. But here's a novel thought: I'm going to give her 45 minutes or so to get something done before I decide. "Friggin' breathing room," Bartz might call it.

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo! extends reach into Arab world with Maktoob buy

US Internet giant Yahoo! said Tuesday it had signed a deal to purchase popular Jordan-based web portal Maktoob, expanding its reach to millions of consumers across the Arab world.

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored?

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet's most perplexing puzzles.

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Ballmer reiterates interest in Yahoo talks

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is still signaling an interest in a deal to buy part of Yahoo Inc.

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created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo shares rise following Microsoft ad-deal report

SAN FRANCISCO _ Shares of Yahoo Inc. bucked the downward trend for technology stocks Monday and gained more than 7 percent, following reports late last week that the company is in serious discussions with Microsoft Corp. ...

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created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo open to Microsoft deal under right terms

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms - including ...

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Earning preview: Microsoft looms over Yahoo 2Q

(AP) -- Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. is scheduled to report its second-quarter results after the stock market closes Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Carol Bartz

Carol Ann Bartz (born August 29, 1948) is the President and CEO of Yahoo!, the internet services company which operates the second most visited website in the world. She was previously Chairman, President, and CEO at Autodesk, the world's largest producer of design software for use in architecture, engineering and building construction.

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