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Yahoo’s COO de Castro Hit Two Of The Three Main Causes Of Executive Onboarding Failure

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It’s not a surprise that Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer has fired COO Henrique De Castro. Yes. He was her first big hire. Yes. It is going to cost Yahoo crazy amounts of money to pay him off. But he does...
    






A Little More Context On That Fired Yahoo Exec’s Massive Golden Parachute

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As crazy as it sounds, severance packages worth more than $100 million — like the one Yahoo gave fired COO Henrique De Castro this week — occur with some regularity in corporate America, and have...
    






Fired Yahoo Exec’s $109M Golden Parachute Was One Of The Biggest Ever

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There are a lot of different ways to express just how massive is the payout Yahoo is bestowing upon Henrique De Castro, the chief operations officer fired this week by CEO Marissa Mayer after only...
    






Judge to Apple: Reboot relationship with monitor

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NY judge says Apple's opposition to e-books monitor proves the wisdom of his appointment NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday urged Apple to reboot its relationship with a monitor...
    






Who Will Tax Bitcoin And How?

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Will 2014 be the year we trade in our credit cards and abandon our wallets in favor of virtual currencies? If you follow the recent hype surrounding bitcoin, the trendiest of the new crop of digital...
    






Cloud Providers May Not Be Ready For Big Data Onslaught, Users Fear

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We know full well why many organizations are avoiding public cloud — they’re nervous about security. However, seasoned cloud adopters that have locked down their security have another concern on...
    






Yahoo CEO lets go top lieutenant in surprise move

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer parts way with top operations exec just 15 months after hiring SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is cutting loose her top lieutenant in a possible...
    






SIA: Record World Semiconductor Revenues in November

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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced this month that November world semiconductor sales compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) reached $27 billion, an increase...
    






‘Grossly Inadequate’: The Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger Battle Turns Nasty

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On Monday, Charter Communications offered to buy Time Warner Cable at a value of $61 billion. Two days later, the companies are far from an agreement. In fact, they’re blasting each other in public...