1.0 link 144497 <![CDATA[Yahoo! To Replace Founder Jerry Yang As CEO]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/yahoo-to-replace-founder_n_144497.html SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the Internet company to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion _ more than triple Yahoo's current market value.

The change in command announced Monday won't be completed until Yahoo finds his replacement. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said it is interviewing candidates inside and outside Yahoo in a search led by its chairman, Roy Bostock, and the executive recruitment...

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