1.0 link 100045 <![CDATA[Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/04/microsoft-abandons-yahoo-_n_100045.html SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. offered to buy the Internet pioneer.

It will be a daunting challenge, as Yang will be pointedly reminded Monday when investors are expected to show how little they think of Yahoo without a takeover bid on the table. Faced with resistance from Yang and the rest of Yahoo's board, Microsoft withdrew...

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