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Will Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang lose his job due to Microsoft walking away from an acquisition?
Flagged by admin: Jerry Yang has announced his resignation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7734717.stm
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Yes, absolutely. The shareholders will boot him for messing up the deal. |
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No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. |
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No, but Yang is a sideshow. Microsoft will still acquire Yahoo due to Shareholder sentiment. |
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Yes, and Microsoft will still acquire Yahoo after Yang gets booted. |
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Suspend date: Mon 15th Dec 2008 3:59pm PST
Initial likelihoods: Yes, absolutely. The shareholders will boot him for messing up the deal.: 25%, No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders.: 25%, No, but Yang is a sideshow. Microsoft will still acquire Yahoo due to Shareholder sentiment. : 25%, Yes, and Microsoft will still acquire Yahoo after Yang gets booted.: 25%
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: Flagged by admin: Jerry Yang has announced his resignation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7734717.stm
Suspend date: Mon 15th Dec 2008 3:59pm PST
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105 predictions
jaffy
predicted Yes, absolutely. The shareholders will boot him for messing up the deal. (H$100 at 37%)
bobdevine
predicted Yes, and Microsoft will still acquire Yahoo after Yang gets booted. (H$50 at 9%)
rogerkni
predicted Yes, absolutely. The shareholders will boot him for messing up the deal. (H$500 at 32%)athex
predicted Yes, absolutely. The shareholders will boot him for messing up the deal. (H$20 at 28%)
aland predicted No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. (H$100 at 67%)
predicted No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. (H$100 at 46%)
bout3fitty
alm2010
predicted No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. (H$20 at 45%)
hippyboomer
predicted No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. (H$250 at 44%)
wildwaterman
predicted No, absolutely not. Yang will "pull an Apple" and redeem himself with the shareholders. (H$50 at 41%)Comments (15)
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Shareholder revolt but doesn't look there is enough time to get the pitchforks out!
To be completely fair, however, if Yang is not thrown out, he'll need the rest of the year to turn aournd Yahoo's fortunes...
(As the market and situations move so often, I am adding this note as a bit of history, context, or a bookmark or footnote into the market's comments section.)
The stock closed at $13.76 Wednesday, down another 5.6%. ... At this point I’ve moved beyond wondering how Yahoo’s senior management manages to keep themselves in power. The private equity funds who agreed to let Yang and Decker stay in power after the shareholder vote last summer have some real explaining to do to their investors, too. Yahoo has no game plan, and the markets tend to notice these things. It’s time for an intervention.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/104479-yahoo-why-yang-must-go
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