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...Yahoo announced the immediate departure of five directors who had been planning to step aside at its next annual meeting, including Roy Bostock, chairman, and Patti Hart, who had led the chief executive...
...Yahoo’s chairman, Roy Bostock, and three other directors are to step down as part of a boardroom clear-out, marking the latest attempt to win back investor confidence as the US internet company pursues a...
...Chairman Roy Bostock is among four directors who will be swept out at the annual shareholder meeting this year, the US internet company announced....
...They include Roy Bostock, whose position as chairman has been taken on by Fred Amoroso, another non-executive director....
...In a statement, Roy Bostock, chairman, called Mr Yang a “visionary and a pioneer” who had “always remained focused on the best interests of Yahoo’s stakeholders, including shareholders, employees and more...
...Roy Bostock, Yahoo’s chairman, defended Mr Thompson’s lack of experience in the media industry and insisted that the appointment would not delay or change the direction of the company’s strategic review....
...Under Mr Loeb’s proposal, Yahoo would lose the four directors, including chairman Roy Bostock, who had already announced they would step down at this year’s annual meeting, along with a fifth, Patti Hart...
...Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock, who ousted chief executive Carol Bartz this week, is now under pressure himself from a key investor, Bloomberg reports....
...Activist investor Daniel Loeb is turning more aggressive in his campaign to oust Roy Bostock, the chairman of Yahoo, from his post and revamp the board of directors, following the firing of chief executive...
...Three years after leading his company through an ill-starred romance with Microsoft, Yahoo non-executive chairman Roy Bostock is facing a second big challenge to his behind-the-scenes stewardship....
...She was fired by telephone three days earlier by Roy Bostock, chairman....
...The fund also called for Roy Bostock, the chairman, to step down....
...Sir, Whatever the shortcomings of Carol Bartz I think Roy Bostock has some explaining to do as chairman of Yahoo....
...Last Thursday, Daniel Loeb launched a campaign for a revamping of the company’s board, including a demand for Ms Bartz to give up her seat, joining calls from Roy Bostock, Yahoo’s chairman, and two other...
...The FT reports that a terse email sent by Ms Bartz to staff said that she had been ousted “over the phone” in a conversation with Roy Bostock, Yahoo chairman, and that she wished remaining employees luck...
...In a terse e-mail to employees sent late on Tuesday, Ms Bartz said that she had been ousted “over the phone” in a conversation with Roy Bostock, Yahoo chairman, and that she wished remaining employees luck...
...Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock told the Financial Times on Wednesday that he was convinced the company could grow its top line again, given its strong brand recognition and still-enormous audience....
...Ms Bartz, you will recall, denounced her former colleagues on the Yahoo board as “doofuses” and attacked chairman Roy Bostock for a lack of class in firing her over the phone....
...Roy Bostock, who succeeded Semel, may have had little choice but to support Yang through much of this year’s turmoil, but he personally bears much of the blame for the debacle of the Microsoft talks....
...Roy Bostock, Yahoo chairman, said Ms Bartz would lead Yahoo into its next era of growth....
...Yang drew intense criticism from Yahoo’s shareholders for failing to agree an acquisition by Microsoft this spring but has had strong public support from the company’s chairman, Roy Bostock....
...Mr Yang drew intense criticism from Yahoo’s shareholders for failing to agree an acquisition by Microsoft this spring, but since then has had strong public support from the company’s chairman, Roy Bostock...
...Roy Bostock, Yahoo chairman, was at least as culpable in the failure of negotiations with Microsoft....
...Roy Bostock, non-executive chairman, received only 60 per cent support compared to the 80 per cent Yahoo said previously....
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