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Ousted Yahoo! CEO has cancer— report

Scott Thompson: Cancer-stricken?  AP PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

Ousted Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson told board members before his resignation that he has cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Posted: May 14th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Yahoo names Levinsohn interim CEO

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Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately.

Posted: May 14th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Report: Yahoo CEO to step down amid resumé miscue

In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo, Scott Thompson speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal's technology blog AllThings D is reporting Sunday, May 13, 2012, that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will step down. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson reportedly will step down Sunday amid controversy over mentions on his resume and in regulatory filings of a computer science degree he never received.

Posted: May 14th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Yahoo CEO says he didn’t mislead company

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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he didn’t provide the information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter.

Posted: May 11th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Yahoo CEO apologizes for bogus college degree but won’t resign

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson. AP FILE PHOTO

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he’s sorry for allowing an inaccuracy about his education to appear in his official bio, but not remorseful enough to heed calls for his resignation.

Posted: May 8th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Yahoo CEO faces calls for ouster after inaccuracy

Scott Thompson, who in January 2012 was named CEO of Yahoo Inc., poses for photos in this November 2010 photo while he was still PayPal president. AP

Scott Thompson’s reign as Yahoo’s CEO is in jeopardy after just four months on the job because he allowed an inaccuracy about his academic credentials to recur for years.

Posted: May 5th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Yahoo! admits ‘error’ in CEO’s online bio

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Struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo! has admitted to making an “inadvertent error” after an activist shareholder pointed out that its CEO’s online bio wrongly said he had a degree in computer science.

Posted: May 4th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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