Yahoo CEO Search: Obama-Like Immediate Priorities
This story was written by Rafat Ali.
As soon as the new CEO takes over, he/she will have a herculean task ahead to right the shop, not unlike the challenges our President-Elect faces, but for the scale of issues. Among them:
-- Its ongoing talks with AOL/Time Warner
-- Reviving any hopes of talks with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) again
-- Any other possible combinations with the likes of MySpace/News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and others
-- The collapsed advertising/search deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), and any remnant hopes of revving it in any limited form
-- The looming jobs cuts (1500 for now) and possibly more to come..
-- Decisions on which product lines to keep
-- Decisions on international arms in Japan and other countries
By Rafat Ali