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RSS yang in newsLenovo reports strong first quarter
News Despite a softening global economy, we delivered solid gains in worldwide sales," Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman, said in a statement. Lenovo Group reported a 10.5 per cent increase in its fiscal first quarter revenues, despite a weakening global... [08 Aug 2008]
Icahn officially steps onboard at Yahoo!
News vote actually showed strong dissatisfaction: 39.6 per cent withheld votes to re-elect chairman Roy Bostock and 33.7 per cent withheld votes for chief executive Jerry Yang. Yahoo! activist investor Carl Icahn is now officially part of the internet... [07 Aug 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Seeking to counter attempts by some to blame Yang for talks collapsing, chairman Roy Bostock said Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO... [04 Aug 2008]
Yahoo! claims 'strong' Q2
News CEO Jerry Yang remains optimistic about his company's fortunes. Yang said in a statement accompanying the financial results: "Yahoo! Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than expectations, with net income declining 19 per... [23 Jul 2008]
Icahn, Yahoo!: Agreement reached
News s current board of directors will stand for re-election at the scheduled shareholder meeting next month: Roy Bostock, Ronald Burkle, Eric Hippeau, Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur Kern, Mary Agnes Wilderotter, Gary Wilson and Jerry Yang. [21 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Yahoo! talks to reopen?
News board and its CEO Jerry Yang in recent months, claiming the company "botched" negotiations with Microsoft. Icahn said he would immediately move to replace Yang if his board slate were elected at the August meeting. [07 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News The new structure leaves chief executive Jerry Yang and president Susan Decker at the top of the org chart. Yahoo! under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management yesterday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology... [27 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News shares up 2.7 per cent for the day, despite Icahn's later blistering attack on Chief Executive Jerry Yang's leadership at Yahoo! In an invective-filled letter to Yahoo, Icahn used terms like "deceitful", "self-destructive", "misleading" and... [05 Jun 2008]
Microsoft/Yahoo! - should Google be afraid of the big bad bid?
News s board of directors and CEO Jerry Yang… Microsoft announced its much-rumoured bid for Yahoo! at the end of the last week, sparking a flurry of speculation as to what such a partnership would mean for the future of the web. [06 Feb 2008]
Can Microsoft/Yahoo! deal take on Google?
News s "ongoing struggles and uncertain future" will persuade CEO Jerry Yang to accept Microsoft's offer this time. would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market but it also faces some major challenges and obstacles. [01 Feb 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News s board of directors and CEO Jerry Yang: Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to better position the two companies... [01 Feb 2008]
Yahoo! profits fall
News Co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang said in a statement: "I am focused on doing everything we need to do to strengthen our business, capture long-term growth opportunities and create increased value for our shareholders. [18 Jul 2007]
Google boss eyes the future
News co-founder Jerry Yang, but Schmidt refused to be drawn: "It would be very presumptive of me to give advice to Jerry - he is a very smart guy. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has acknowledged that providing applications and other services to business... [20 Jun 2007]
Semel quits as Yahoo! CEO
News chief executive Terry Semel stepped down on Monday and handed the reins of the struggling search company to co-founder Jerry Yang after six years on the job. The Technology group, which has been searching for a unit head since the departure of... [19 Jun 2007]
$2.4m spam ring shut down
News The deal, which does not include an admission of any wrongdoing, was reached with Optin Global, Vision Media, Qing Kuang "Rick" Yang and Peonie Pui Ting Chen, the FTC said in a statement released last week. [10 Apr 2006]
