NYT: Yahoo Still Searching for Identity

The New York Times has a good look at Yahoo, post-shareholder-meeting, with a focus on CEO Jerry Yang, who has emerged from the whole thing as an “unlikely survivor.”

As the report said, many shareholders are furious with him. “With the stock trading at about $20, far below the $33 a share Microsoft offered in May, the failed merger negotiations have cost Yahoo investors nearly $20 billion. ‘I think they had an opportunity to get something done in the palm of their hand, and they bungled it,’ said Eric Jackson following the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Friday.”

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