Carol Bartz

Glass cliff refers to a situation where women are promoted to high positions during times of crisis, when the possibility of them failing is a lot higher.

Yahoo, Microsoft extend search partnership meet for 30 days

The search partnership, which took effect in 2010, allowed the companies to negotiate changes or to terminate the arrangement entirely after five years. Under the terms of the deal, the companies had 30 days to make changes following Feb. 23.

CEO sketches out new Yahoo, vows business refocus

Yahoo Inc CEO Scott Thompson unveiled details of how the struggling Internet company will be reorganized, addressing employees just days after unveiling the deepest round of job cuts in years.

Yahoo Poised To Name CEO: Report

AllThingsD names PayPal president Scott Thompson as the likely candidate.

Google, PE firms mull bid for Yahoo

Google Inc has spoken to at least two private equity firms about possibly helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo Inc's core business, The Wall

Yahoo Q3 revenue, profit slip

Yahoo Inc managed to meet all its quarterly earnings targets in the third quarter, even as it fielded offers from potential buyers and searched for a new chief executive.

Yahoo meets low earnings expectations

Yahoo Inc lived up to lackluster third-quarter expectations, but the struggling Internet portal was tight-lipped about efforts to find a new Chief Executive or explore a sale.

Yahoo received inquiries from many parties -- memo

Yahoo Inc has received inquiries from multiple parties about "potential options," but the struggling Web company expects to take months to decide its future,

PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo

The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes.

Carol Bartz engages in a 'tell all' interview with Fortune magazine

The beginning of this week saw the unceremonious ouster of Yahoo!‘s CEO, Carol Bartz, over a telephone conversation with Roy Bostock, the company‘s Chairman.

Why would anyone want to be Yahoo‘s CEO?

There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel.

Why would anyone want to be Yahoo's CEO?

There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel.

Exits show few women make it to CEO in US

For advocates of gender equality, this week's ouster of two of Corporate America's most powerful women served as a reminder of how little progress US companies have made in promoting women to executive positions.

Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz shown the door

In the wake of poor financial performance results for more than two years now, Yahoo! Board Chairman, Roy Bostock informed Carol Bartz, Yahoo!'s current CEO of the end of her tenure over a telephonic conversation.

Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends

Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by stagnation and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, ends rocky run

Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous two-year tenure marked by stagnating growth and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

Yahoo revenue dips in Q2, shares fall 2%

Yahoo Inc plugged some of the holes that were weakening its Internet search business in the second quarter, but revealed new challenges that hurt its display advertising business.