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Yang To Step Down As Yahoo! CEO

Posted by Jesse 48 days ago - (http://www.forbes.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: yahoo, ceo, google,

The battle by Jerry Yang to reinvigorate the company he co-founded at the outset of the Web era is through. The Yahoo! chief executive said Monday that he will step down from the top job at the portal as soon as the board finds a replacement.

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