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Former Chief of Autodesk Takes Reins at Yahoo
DealBook — ... the job. Ms. Bartz said she would spend her first few days at Yahoo talking to employees and customers, not to investors or reporters. And unlike Mr. Yang, who set expectations that he would make strategic decisions within 100 days of becoming chief executive, she refused to give a time frame for any decisions. “Let’s not put ourselves in some crazy timeline,” she said. She demanded that critics give the company some breathing room. Go to Article from The New York Times » Go to Press Release from Yahoo »

Parsing Yahoo: Carol Bartz Is Bona Fide
DealBook — ... it got between him and Jerry Yang, Ms. Bartz’s predecessor. Here’s the parse of the announcement : Yahoo: Yahoo! Inc., a leading global brand and one of the world’s most trafficked Internet destinations, announced today that Carol Bartz, a veteran technology executive who was most recently Executive Chairman of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Translation: We now have someone who can sit at the negotiating table with Ballmer. Yahoo: Prior to becoming Executive Chairman of ...

Yahoo Names Carol Bartz New CEO
Daily Markets — ... for, and we are thrilled to have attracted such a world-class talent to Yahoo,” Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement.“The Board is united in its view that her energetic and decisive leadership style, coupled with a proven track record of driving growth, operational excellence and shareholder value, is exactly what Yahoo! needs to get back on a path toward achieving its full potential,” he added. Yahoo President Susan Decker, who had been a candidate for the CEO position, will resign after a transition period , the Sunnyvale, Calif. company said in a statement. ...