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...First track “Liberia”, written by John and featuring veteran alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, opens with a searing sax duet before settling into fast walking-bass swing....
...Elsewhere, Chris O’Brien of SiliconBeat drew on the advice he gave former CEO Carol Bartz three years ago: For Yahoo to “Go social” and compete head-on with Facebook....
...The other two independent directors appointed, John Hayes and Thomas McInemey, joined only last month....
...Investors cheered the departure of Carol Bartz as chief executive of Yahoo with boost to the share price to more than $13 each on Wednesday morning, reports the FT....
...When Sir John Rose joined in 1984, he was a banker who knew more about making loans than making engines. Yet in 1995 the engineers that ran Rolls appointed him chief executive....
...Ms Bartz resigned on Friday....
...and chief executive John Chambers, should Cisco’s board ever decide he is the not the person to dig it out of its problems....
...“We might have to further re-evaluate our relationship with Yahoo,” said John Spelich, for Alibaba.com, the group’s listed flagship, on Thursday, after Yahoo Hong Kong said it had started taking advertising...
...s CEO Carol Bartz tells Michael Arrington to F-off” that has been watched by 209,506....
...But there has been no synergy between the companies, and eBay chief executive John Donahoe has faced increasing pressure to sell Skype....
...Yet Mr Bartz and others should not expect too much of a bonanza....
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