Carol Bartz

Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) new CEO could make $100 million over the next five years. Previous reports suggested that Marissa Mayer's new job would pay up to $60 million. Another said that Mayer would earn $70 million. But according to The Wall Street Journal, she is slated to make $100 million....

Ironfire Capital founder and managing director Eric Jackson weighs in on the issue. "A lot of ex-employees believe that there is enormous fat there to cut and that it might even be possible to cut it down by half," Jackson, whose company specializes in long/short investments and corporate...

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) co-founder Jerry Yang is leaving the struggling Internet search company he has been with since 1995. California-based Yahoo! made the announcement today after the close of U.S. markets. In a letter to the Yahoo! Board Chairman Roy Bostock, Yang wrote: “My time at Yahoo!,...

Floundering digital media company Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced on Wednesday that it has hired PayPal president Scott Thompson as its new CEO. At first glance, the market is not exactly ebullient about the decision, as YHOO shares are trading down 2.49% at $15.89. Given the fluid situation at the...

One analyst has a very interesting prediction for the future of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). Trip Chowdhry, Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, believes that the company – which currently trades in the $16 range – could go to $100 under the guidance of its new chief...

That's the question everyone is asking. But will we ever get an answer? If this Dealbook report is accurate, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board members could be meeting this Thursday to discuss an offer from Alibaba Group and Softbank. The two entities are eager to gain at least a portion of Yahoo!'s...

A report from Gabelli & Company reiterates its Buy rating on Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). The report states, “On September 6, 2011, Yahoo's CEO, Carol Bartz, was summarily fired, putting the embattled company “in play.” Over the past three months, Yahoo takeover speculation has steadily...

Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board may have screwed up again. After rumors surfaced last week that the company was thinking about launching a share buyback and dividend to appease investors, as opposed to selling the company, Wall Street started to punish the stock. Benzinga spoke to Yahoo! about the...

Even the most brilliant minds in finance can make terrible mistakes. And when they do, the results are usually as bad as a lame summer blockbuster that ultimately flopped. 3. They Don't Know When to Quit Is there anyone left that believes that MF Global (NYSE: MF) will make a comeback? It's not...

Should Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) acquire the dying beast that is Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)? That answer is simple. But to fully understand the reasons why the Windows maker should stay away from the enterprise formerly controlled by Carol Bartz, click through our photo gallery.

There was an article on Reuters over the weekend that former Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang was looking to buy the company, and take it private. This begs the question: what does the former CEO see in the U.S. operations that no one else does? Yang wants to take the company...

Since it was first announced in early September that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz was fired, and Third Point's Dan Loeb had acquired a large stake in the company, there have been rumors swirling about who was going to eventually acquire the company. With last night's news that Chinese...