Was Yang's decision not to sell Yahoo the worst ever?

November 26th, 2008 By Mike Cassidy

Jerry Yang has hit a bit of a rough patch. Let's just get that out there. He's had to surrender the chief executive spot in the company he co-founded. He's had to listen to Steve Ballmer (again) say Microsoft was finished with any plans to rescue Yahoo with an outright purchase.



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