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    News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Acting CEO Ross Levinsohn's strategy was uninspired.
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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Insert predictable inane misogynistic comment here:

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Quote Originally Posted by Roobubba View Post
    Insert predictable inane misogynistic comment here:
    I would.

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    I shouldn't laugh at that, but I am.

    I reckon Yahoo is a sinking ship that nothing and no-one is going to turn around, no matter how talented a CEO they might be.

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz View Post
    I shouldn't laugh at that, but I am.

    I reckon Yahoo is a sinking ship that nothing and no-one is going to turn around, no matter how talented a CEO they might be.
    I think her job is to find a path for a soft landing - jettison anything facing a dead end an focus on what can represent a future for the company. That's a hard task, but she's apparently numbers focussed and very focussed on the task in hand, so she might just pull it off.

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    I figured some company would've bought Yahoo by now. It was the de facto portal site years ago but now it's just a shadow of its former self.
    A man must have code -Bunk

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Marissa always interviews well and I expect she'd really give this her best shot...
    Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Quote Originally Posted by ddg4005 View Post
    I figured some company would've bought Yahoo by now. It was the de facto portal site years ago but now it's just a shadow of its former self.
    Microsoft "offered" (aggressively) to pay over twice what it is valued today in 2008. The offer was vehemently rejected. Many angry investors.

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Quote Originally Posted by TooNice View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ddg4005 View Post
    I figured some company would've bought Yahoo by now. It was the de facto portal site years ago but now it's just a shadow of its former self.
    Microsoft "offered" (aggressively) to pay over twice what it is valued today in 2008. The offer was vehemently rejected. Many angry investors.
    Presumably not too many angry M$ investors now, though!

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    What's going to bottom out first, her baby or the share price?

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    Quote Originally Posted by Roobubba View Post
    Presumably not too many angry M$ investors now, though!
    Yeah, though I was referring to Yahoo shareholders: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...over.microsoft

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    Re: News - Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

    You can't save YAHOO!
    It's a rubbish word and if you change the word it won't be YAHOO!

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