Wall Street Not Impressed With Bartz As Next Yahoo CEO

Erick Schonfeld

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Moments after news got out that Yahoo’s next CEO will be Carol Bartz, the stock started dropping like a rock. It is down more than 2 percent. Her selection is not inspiring confidence on Wall Street, where investors are scratching their heads as much as tech pundits in Silicon Valley.

Who is this woman, and how is she going to turn Yahoo around?

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