Topic: Jerry Yang

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson cuts 2,000 jobs

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson announced the company would be laying off 2,000 employees on Wednesday in order to take the "next step toward a bold, new Yahoo."

Strong housing report boosts stocks

The Dow and the S&P 500 had their highset closing numbers since July, propelled by a surprisingly strong report on the housing market and the possibility of more money for the International Monetary Fund. The Dow rose 96 points to close at 12578, and the S&P gained 14 points to end the day at 1308.

Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo in surprise departure

Jerry Yang is severing all formal ties with Yahoo by resigning all positions including his seat on the board of directors.

Meg Whitman new HP CEO. What firm has more CEO change?

Fortune 500 companies are supposed to be stable, rock-solid institutions, where CEO change rarely happens. But it doesn't always happen that way. Just ask Hewlett-Packard, which announced Thursday that Meg Whitman would be the company's new chief executive officer, the fourth HP CEO in six years. In the past six years, only 16 companies on the Fortune 500 or S&P 500 have had three CEOs, according to executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates in Hinsdale, Ill. Besides HP, only two have had four or more. Can you guess who these CEO change champions are? [Editor's note: This story was updated 9/23/2011.]

Yahoo 2Q profit up 8 percent, yet ad slump continues

The worsening ad slump overshadowed Yahoo’s first quarterly earnings increase since the start of 2008.

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Why Yahoo's Jerry Yang stepped down

His performance showed that not every start-up whiz can be a turnaround CEO.

Bad week for Yahoo

Microsoft and Yahoo: Where were the mediators?

They help countries and couples. Why not businesses?

Shareholder ire may reshape Yahoo

After failed bid, change may come through boardroom rather than courtroom, say analysts.