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• Yahoo went to rival Google for its next chief executive, making a choice that surprised and excited Silicon Valley.
(CNET News)
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• Drowning out any news of product launches that longtime Google employee and VP Marissa Mayer had left her company of over a decade to join Yahoo! as CEO.
(Huffington Post)
• (Reuters) - New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayers compensation package could total more than $70 million in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Free agent forward Jordan Hill has reached agreement on a two-year, nearly $8 million contract to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent Kevin Bradbury told Yahoo! Sports.
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• Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave his Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress this week, warning of continued declines in US growth over the back half of this year.
(StreetInsider.com)
• The appointment of Marissa Mayer as Yahoos new CEO was an interesting news story tweeted about by those interested in technology and hailed as a breakthrough for women everywhere.
(Huffington Post)
• As news spread through the day, the films director, Christopher Nolan, expressed his profound sorrow at the rampage that took the lives of 12 people and injured 58 more.
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• Another Hillsborough county athlete has been named in the ongoing investigation of recruiting violations at the University of Miami.
(Bay News 9)
• NEW YORK -- Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years. Yahoo Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that Mayer will receive an annual salary of $1 million.
(Abc Local Web)