Yahoo's Semel Steps Down As Chairman

February 1, 2008 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Yahoo logo

(AP) -- Terry Semel stepped down as Yahoo Inc.'s chairman Thursday, severing his ties with the slumping Internet icon 7 1/2 months after he resigned as chief executive under shareholder pressure.

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