Yahoo CEO apologizes for 'Error' tumult CV

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By msnbc.com staff and news wires
Updated at 2: 25 am EDT: Scott Thompson can still make his job at Yahoo after excused themselves to the uproar about errors in his academic credentials, but at least a Yahoo exec is always Defenstrated. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Sunday Times reported that Patti S. Hart, the Director, which referred to the Search Committee, landing the job CEO Thompson led will not be re-elected. Both publications cited unnamed people familiar to the situation.

Scott Thompson is sad, but he's not sad enough, to cede.

Embattled Yahoo CEO an e-mail "Mea culpa" employees sent to Monday, in which he apologised for the turmoil that has hit the company, after Daniel Loeb claims activist shareholders, that Thompson filled his academic credentials.

"We have worked all very hard to promote the company, and this has the opposite effect." For this, I take full responsibility, and I would like to apologize to you, "said Thompson email memo, a copy of which was obtained by the associated press."

Reuters reports that Yahoo Board was meeting to review the matter. The news agency also reported that Thompson's memo said he would the Board review "Respect".

"I am confident that this matter be concluded rapidly," he wrote. "But in the meantime, we have a lot of work to do."

Yahoo, whose Einnahmen slipped by more than a fifth last year, former President of eBay brought Thompson, Inc subsidiary PayPal, five months after Carol Bartz was fired as General Manager in January.

Loeb, who is Chief Executive of the third point, wants to show public Yahoo the process was examined by the Thompson and open every minutes of any Board meet in the candidature was discussed.

Yahoo Board of Directors said it investigated the problem.

"We believe that this internal investigation must be carried by this Board not behind a veil of secrecy and shareholders deserve full transparency," said Loeb in his last letter to Yahoo.

Loeb cited Delaware corporation law, which enables a shareholder of a company to examine books, if this person has a proper purpose and procedural requirements.

Loeb started as a trader. He opened in 1995 with only $3.3 million in assets and operated in space borrowed from David Tepper appaloosa management, a New Jersey based hedge fund.

Latest problems come Yahoo, as it probably weeks back is way out of the sale of 15 to 25 percent of the shares of the Alibaba group to the company after months of negotiations. Business with Alibaba, China's largest publicly traded e-commerce business Alibaba.com Ltd., parents will are designed is expected to to avoid the complexity that earlier discussions had impeded a source told Reuters last week.

Loeb has with previous changes to Yahoo Board sparking the resignations of co-founder Jerry Yang and former Chairman Roy Bostock, namely credited.

Yahoo Board has come impatiently continuing disability, a turning point and indecision on how to deal effect under fire from investors with the company with their investments in Alibaba.

Adam Seessel, Director of research at Martin capital management, which owns shares of Yahoo, moving from the hedge fund Chief said, while he was a fan of Loeb, to oust Thompson "Head scratching" was.

"If it were normal times, this would justify a termination," said Seessel of Thompson's padded resume. "But he is so new and the company is in such a sensitive period."

"Sometimes in the heat of the battle, cant get rid of your Commander... and a fight goes on you."

Reuters and the associated press contributed to this report.


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