A couple of days ago the now slightly infamous Yahoo CEO, Jerry Yang, announced he would be stepping down from his position once a suitable replacement has been found. Yang has only been in the job for just over 18 months and undoubtedly his tenure of the post will be remembered for only one thing - his rejection of a takeover bid valued at around $44bn from Microsoft back in early 2008. The obvious question now is - will this change fuel renewed takeover speculation and offers?
Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’
Why Microsoft must be loving Jerry Yang right now19th November, 2008
Phorm suffers setback as ICO imposes ‘opt in’ rule… (in other words; sanity prevails)14th April, 2008
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has this week ruled that Phorm’s service must operate on an ‘opt in’ basis, rather than the ‘opt out’ model which the company had initially intended to deliver. Good. I do not know a single person who was happy with the proposed ‘opt out’ concept, and even would go so far as to say that every setback for Phorm (as long as it persists with opt out) is a victory for the progress of the web…
(Those unfamiliar the recent Phorm controversy can check here and here for background info)