Scott Thompson | Sling Broadband Miami Fort Lauderdale Wimax 4G Business Internet Broadband provider

Posts Tagged ‘Scott Thompson’

Google’s Marissa Mayer becomes Yahoo CEO

July 17th, 2012

Google’s longtime executive to begin her new job leading the struggling iconic Web company tomorrow. Yahoo has named Marissa Mayer, one of Google’s top execs, as its next CEO, ending a hunt that began after Scott Thompson was forced out in May for padding his resume. Ross Levinsohn, who has been the interim CEO, had [...]

Yahoo and its CEO: What’s the worst that could happen?

May 8th, 2012

Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson is accused of lying about his college education. Tempest in a teacup, or scandal in the making? Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson has been accused outright of lying on his resume in an already brewing scandal dubbed “Resume-gate.” Carol Bartz: “LOL.” The whole debacle appears on the face of it [...]

Yahoo looks for ways to shed Japanese namesake

January 26th, 2012

Yahoo is currently in discussions with Yahoo Japan to sell off its share in the Asian company. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Yahoo Japan Chief Financial Officer Akira Kajikawa said that Yahoo is trying to “finalize the mechanism [for selling its stake] and we are cooperating with them,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which was [...]

Yahoo’s Yang is gone. That was the easy part

January 18th, 2012

Separating Jerry Yang from Yahoo is the easy part. Yang co-founded the Internet pioneer 17 years ago along with David Filo, following the well-trodden path from Stanford student to tech stardom. But yesterday Yahoo announced Yang is leaving, stepping down from his chief Yahoo post and the company’s board. Yang has overseen, sometimes directly, years [...]