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Yahoo says Marissa Mayer will leave board after Verizon deal closes, will operate under new name Altaba
Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer will be resigning from the board after her company completes its acquisition by Verizon. She is not the only one to depart from the combined company, as cofounder David Filo, Eddy Hartenstein, Richard Hill, Jane Shaw, and Maynard Webb will be leaving. Eric Brandt will become the chairman of the board.
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Yahboo might be a better name.
I agree. I can't even pronounce Altaba..I guess they think it's memorable,clever,and trendy. It's been over a month since I asked Yapoo to close down my email account and it's still not happened.
The name’s so bad it may as well be a Star Wars character. Once, I was able to get Thunderbird to make a local archive of Yahoo mail. I guess I’d better update the archive now, before you need a protocol droid to do it for you.
I'm thinking that would indeed be the way to go.
They are riding the Alibaba train!