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Yahoo's Yang gets $1 in rocky final year as CEO

Apr. 29, 2009
Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang's 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion bid to buy the Internet company. The...
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- Yahoo! Inc. said Monday Terry Semel will step down as chief executive officer and be replaced by Jerry Yang, co-founder of the California Internet icon.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler