Yahoo: So Much For The Honeymoon

Yahoo (YHOO) shareholders seem unmoved by yesterday’s news that former Autodesk chief Carol Bartz is taking over as CEO from Jerry Yang and that President Sue Decker is leaving the company.  Bartz showed a lot more zip on a brief conference call on the Street last night then we ever saw from Yang or Decker; in a non-so-veiled dig at her predecessors, she said that the company has “enormous assets that, frankly, could use a little management.” Bartz also implied that she would not be badgered by the Street into making major moves to quickly. “Let’s not put ourselves in some crazy timeline,” she said. “Let’s give this company some freakin’ breathing room.” Hard to imagine Yang asking for freakin’ breathing room. That said, there are a zillion unanswered questions here: Will there be a search deal - or an outright sale - to Microsoft (MSFT)? Will they finally acquire AOL from Time Warner (TWX)? Will Bartz hire a ... (link)