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Yahoo names new supremo
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Carol Bartz takes poisoned chalice
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 10:04
AS WE PREDICTED last week, the troubled search outfit has named Carol Bartz as its new chief executive.
Bartz is a technology veteran (60) who has been lured away from software outfit Autodesk to sort the company out.
She replaces co-founder Jerry Yang, who cost Yahoo shareholders a fortune by nixing a Volish buyout.
Apparently the move has miffed president Susan Decker who was also a candidate for the CEO job. She now plans to resign after a transitional period. µ
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