Wed, Jan 14th, 2009 |
Perhaps it was no surprise, given she wanted to be Yahoo CEO and did not get the job.
But it took a lot of guts for Yahoo President Sue Decker (pictured here) to resign immediately yesterday and without the usual polite waiting period that happens in most major corporate management shifts.
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