Carol Bartz

Carol Bartz was just the beginning. Now that Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) problematic CEO is out of the picture, hedge fund manager and Third Point LLC founder Daniel Loeb is going after Yahoo! Chairman, Roy Bostock – again. In a letter sent to Yahoo! co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang, Loeb...

These are the words I imagine I'd say if I became the CEO – that is, a Cocky Executive Officer – of a major corporation. As the CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), for example, I wouldn't have to think before I spoke. I could say whatever's on my mind, violate my non-disparagement clause, and still walk...

Carol Bartz is leaving the Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO post the same way she came in - with fire and vigor and plenty of "F bombs." Speaking of the company's board of directors, she told Fortune that "These people f**ked me over." According to Bartz's telling of the events surrounding her firing as...

News hit the wires a little bit ago that activist investor Dan Loeb has a 5.15% stake in Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), just a day after the company botched the firing of former CEO Carol Bartz. You can find a copy of the letter in its entirety on the SEC's website. Third Point LLC is now Yahoo's third...

Botched outsourcing, Ponzi scheme accusations, and bad corporate hires are just some of the reasons for Yahoo!'s downfall. On a day when both of Carol Bartz and Tim Morse are being referred to as “clueless,” it's interesting (if not a little fun) to look back on the rise and fall of Yahoo! (NASDAQ...

News came out last night that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) had fired CEO Carol Bartz, and the Wall Street Journal reported that the company could be up for sale, to the highest bidder. You know what? It doesn't matter. The board, and the company, are still, well a bunch of Yahoo's. Bartz was fired...

Is Carol Bartz the only one who should have been fired? Far from it, says Trip Chowdhry, Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research. “Both Carol and Tim [Morse] should have been fired together as they both have damaged YHOO's business and repairing it will be extremely...

Shares of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) were up this morning on news of a deal between itself, Alibaba Group, and SoftBank over AliPay. In the press release it says: The agreement establishes the following: "The agreement preserves the existing relationship between Taobao and Alipay. Alipay will...

Shareholders are meeting on Thursday to discuss the progress of Yahoo. Unfortunately for CEO Carol Bartz, Yahoo!'s reported earnings are not at targeted levels. Shareholders may be becoming impatient and frustrated with Bartz's leadership and her plans for improving the company, according to...

It wasn't long ago that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz noted on an earnings conference call that she would have some news for investors regarding the Asian assets that the company had long held on its balance sheet. Management gave the impression that a monetization of these assets, which...

Chief Executive Of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) Carol Bartz has continued the trend of picking up where her predecessor, co-founder Jerry Yang left off, according to Barron's. Barron's reports that "[Bartz] hasn't articulated a comprehensive turnaround plan or jump-started Yahoo! shares, [but] seems to be...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has slashed his stake in Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Icahn currently owns 4 million Yahoo (YHOO) shares, significantly down from the 12 million shares he had at the end of last quarter. According to MarketWatch, the investor owned 75 million Yahoo shares at one point, and...

The Santa Clara City Council has approved Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) plan to build a huge, 3 million square foot office campus in the city. The planned campus will have thirteen six story buildings. According to MarketWatch, the proposed campus will have the capacity to accommodate 12,000...