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Marissa Mayer

Does a CEO's pay reflect how well a company performs?

by Donna Tam
Jul 25, 2016
Not so much, says one study that tracked the performance and pay of 800 CEOs in the U.S.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is one of the highest-paid CEOs in the country. A new study shows that companies with the the highest-paid CEOs do worse than the companies of their lesser-paid counterparts.
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Yahoo says it overvalued Tumblr's goodwill

by Tony Wagner
Mar 1, 2016
But what's that mean exactly? Your mate Paddy Hirsch explains.
Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer delivers a keynote during the Yahoo Mobile Developers Conference on February 18, 2016 at The Masonic in San Francisco, California.
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Will Yahoo put its core businesses on the block?

by Adriene Hill
Dec 2, 2015
After trying just about everything, the board is set to discuss a sale this week.
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Another quarter and Yahoo's still in turnaround

by Mark Garrison
Oct 21, 2015
CEO Marissa Mayer has been at the helm for three years. Is it time for her to go?
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Chronicling a CEO's 'fight to save Yahoo'

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 6, 2015
Author Nicholas Carlson talks about his new book and the struggle to revitalize aging tech company Yahoo.
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Is now make or break for Yahoo's Marissa Mayer?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 21, 2014
Yahoo posts its earnings today. Is Marissa Mayer's strategy paying off?
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Marissa Mayer's report card: Buy!

by Molly Wood
Jul 16, 2013
This week marks one year of the Marissa Mayer era at Yahoo. Mayer has bought 16 companies in her time at the helm.
Marissa Mayer at a speaking event in New York City on May 24, 2011. It's a hint for one of the answers in today's Silicon Tally quiz!
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Yahoo's acquisition merry-go-round continues

by Katie Long
Jul 5, 2013
With July comes three more investments: Bignoggins Productions, Qwiki and Xobni.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion to get hip

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Katie Long
May 20, 2013
Yahoo buys Tumblr in an effort to reach a younger audience.
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Yahoo plus tumblr equals...Yumblr?

by Molly Wood
May 20, 2013
Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition is a big part the mission for new CEO Marissa Mayer -- a mission to make the aging Internet company cool again.
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