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Yahoo’s Jerry Yang to Step Down, as a Search for New CEO Commences

(Posted on  BoomTown  about 1 month ago)

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his job as CEO, said sources close to the company, as soon as the board finds a replacement for him, in what sources close to the situation call a joint decision by him and the directors. Yahoo will… (visit source article)
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