News tagged with directors board

Yahoo shareholder demands records on CEO's hiring (Update)

(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder has made a legal demand for internal records about the embattled Internet company's hiring of CEO Scott Thompson.

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South Africa confident on super-telescope bid ahead of talks

South African science minister Naledi Pandor said Thursday she remains confident on her country's bid to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, ahead of a crucial meeting next week.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Debate still raging on site for super-telescope

An international consortium planning to build the world's most powerful radiotelescope is still debating whether South Africa or Australia should host the $2 billion project, an official said Friday.

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Yahoo shareholder to try to seize 4 board seats

(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder unimpressed with a recent shake-up at the troubled company is trying to seize four seats on the board of directors.

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Yahoo! shakes up board to give firm new life

Yahoo! on Tuesday announced a boardroom shakeup to breath fresh life into a pioneering Internet firm that has been struggling to re-invent itself and appease disappointed investors.

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Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns, shares jump (Update)

Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo! nearly 17 years ago and had an ill-fated stint as chief executive, abruptly resigned from all of his positions with the struggling Internet company.

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Google sees Android enhancing home appliances

Google's Android software is best known for powering smartphones, but executive chairman Eric Schmidt sees a future where it could also help devices communicate at home.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kodak loses third board member in 2 weeks

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. says another member of its board of directors has resigned - the third director to exit the struggling company in the past two weeks.

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Ex-Myspace CEO resigns as Zynga executive

(AP) -- Owen Van Natta, the former CEO of Myspace, is stepping down from an executive role at Zynga but will stay on its board of directors.

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Yahoo! makes $270 million deal for interclick

Yahoo! announced Tuesday that it is buying Internet advertising company interclick in a cash deal worth $270 million.

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'Multiple parties' interested in Yahoo!: memo

Yahoo! is fielding inquiries from "multiple parties" who have expressed an interest in the struggling Internet company, officials said Friday in a memo sent to employees and obtained by AFP.

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Fired Yahoo CEO backs down, resigns from board

(AP) -- Carol Bartz has resigned from the Yahoo board of directors that she blasted for firing her as the company's CEO last week.

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Bartz blasts Yahoo! board

Fired Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz has responded to her dismissal with a characteristically salty blast at the board of directors of the Internet company.

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Does the shuffle of CEOs portend stagnation for Apple?

When Apple announced yesterday that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO to become chairman of the board of directors, the company’s new CEO sent an email that caught the attention of a Lehigh management professor.

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created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Text of Steve Jobs' resignation letter

Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder of Apple, maker of the iconic Macintosh computer, the iPhone and the iPad, resigned as the company's chief executive Wednesday.

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