Can Yahoo Escape the Valley of the Dulls?

Started by TechNews, Sep 15, 2011, 05:02 AM

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 When the end of her stint as Yahoo CEO came for Carol Bartz, it arrived via a phone call from the company's chairman. That's what she told employees in a profanity-free, company-wide email when she learned the news.  Bartz was fired after nearly three years as Yahoo's chief executive, having failed to turn around the once-great Internet company, which has been declining for years while rivals like Google have been on a decade-long tear. Following a string of ineffective leaders and a nasty fight with Microsoft that almost resulted in a hostile takeover, Yahoo signed on Bartz.

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