Breakout Performance

Jackson Sees `Incredible Value' in Yahoo Asian Assets

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:16:00 +0000

My appearance on Bloomberg yesterday pre-Apple and Yahoo! earnings.

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The Single Best Yahoo! Shareholder Question and Answer Exchange - Ever

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:44:00 +0000

This might go down as one of the greatest exchanges at a shareholders' meeting in history. From the Yahoo! meeting last June.

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Roy Bostock's Greatest Hits As Yahoo!'s Hapless Chairman

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +0000

The biggest impediment to Yahoo!'s success in the last 4 years has been Roy Bostock - not Jerry Yang. Hopefully, Roy will soon be gone as Chairman. Here's a summary of his ridiculous statements over the years.

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Google's Big Problem They Don't Want You To Know About

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0000

The core business which accounts for 96% of Google's business is slowing. But the management team doesn't want you to know that.

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In Defense of Jerry Yang

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:00 +0000

People love to hate on Yahoo! and Jerry Yang, but they're conveniently forgetting some important facts as they dance on his grave.

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Why Companies are Terrible at Selecting, Retaining and Motivating Their Talent

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000

Here's a Top Ten list of what not to do as a boss, if you want to keep great people around you.

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Was Jerry Pushed at Yahoo!?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:22:00 +0000

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- We'll perhaps never know the answer to this question but was Jerry Yang pushed out of Yahoo!(YHOO _) or did he leave on his own accord?

It's just speculation on my part, but I suspect that Jerry looked ahead at the possible scenarios facing him and the board in the coming months and decided it was better for him to leave now with his head held high.

What Jerry was facing about a month from now was the possibility of a major proxy battle from Dan Loeb. Loeb is Yahoo!'s second largest stock holder and has previously called on Yang to step down, along with Chairman Roy Bostock.

Next month, Loeb -- as well as any other Yahoo! shareholder -- could have given the company notice that they were running an alternate slate of directors to replace Yahoo!'s current board.

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What's Next for Web Ads?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:19:00 +0000

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer made an interesting observation about Web ads onCNBC last week -- they stink.

Cramer made the point that Web companies that are dependent on basic banner ads and other display ads are seeing their business just evaporate.

AOL(AOL _) and Yahoo!(YHOO _) are two companies that have been struggling since the first quarter of last year with sustaining their ad-based business.

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Jerry Yang's Departure Means Major Transformations for Yahoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:09:00 +0000

Here's what to expect next from Yahoo!

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Ten Ways to Turnaround a Dysfunctional Team

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Ten sure-fire ways to turnaround a dysfunctional team you've just taken over

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The Ten Best Memories of the 90s Internet Bubble

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:11:00 +0000

The late 90s were a blast. The first tech bubble was one of the biggest parties of all time. Here's what you missed.

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Six Years Later, The Problem at HP is Still the Board

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:58:00 +0000

The HP board in 2012 is just as dysfunctional as it was in 2006. Here's a reflection of how bad they were back then.

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No Wonder Hulu Couldn't Sell Itself

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Hulu tried to pump up its 2011 results in a blog post yesterday. They're not very exciting.

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Top Ten Reasons Why It's Better To Stick It Out At A Big Company Instead of Leave for a Start-Up

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:47:00 +0000

Although the grass always looks greener, sometimes you're better off sticking it out at a big company over a start-up.

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Why Narcissistic CEOs Kill Their Companies

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Whether you're an employee, an investor, or a CEO yourself, you need to read about these 2 recent academic studies of how and why Narcissistic CEOs can kill their companies.

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Motorola Hits Rough Patch

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:00 +0000

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Late Friday, after the market closed, Motorola Mobility(MMI _)sent out an innocuous-sounding press release with a "Business Update" in the title.

The release ended up tanking Google's(GOOG _)stock by more than 4% on Monday and the sell-off continued on Tuesday, even after the market bounced out of the gates.

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Some Important Yahoo! Details Buried In Thompson's Compensation Agreement

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:56:00 +0000

The next 6 weeks should hold a lot of drama for Yahoo!, as we see its board try and make the case why they shouldn't be thrown out.

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Ten Reasons Performance Reviews Are Done Terribly

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Performance reviews are almost always painful experiences for those giving and receiving them. Here are the 10 biggest mistakes that are made.

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Yahoo Board Needs Replacements, Jackson Says

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:29:00 +0000

My chat with Erik Schatzker and Scarlet Fu from this morning about Yahoo!'s new CEO and their dysfunctional board:

In the Year of Facebook, Beware the Social Media Stocks

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Most believe the stock/business story of 2012 is going to beFacebook -- specifically its rumored IPO which should come before the middle of the year. That's probably true. Yet, ironically, 2012 is also the year in which you need to protect yourself from other falling social media IPOs.

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Yahoo!: Was Thompson the Right Choice?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:26:00 +0000

NEW YORK (RealMoney) -- Former eBay(EBAY _)PayPal President Scott Thompson wasn't on anyone's short-list of possible next CEOs for Yahoo!(YHOO _). The stock immediately traded down this morning on the news and then further declined during the conference call introducing him when Chairman Roy Bostock clumsily announced there would be no way that Yahoo! would be taken private.

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Jackson on Possible New RIM Chairman, Share Price

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:17:00 +0000

My appearance on Bloomberg West last night:

The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:51:00 +0000

If you exhibit several of these traits, now is the time to stamp them out from your repertoire. If your boss or several senior executives at your company exhibit several of these traits, now is the time to start looking for a new job.

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The Yahoo! Board Who Couldn't - Just Did

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:09:00 +0000

Don't listen to the Business Insider worry-warts: Cash-rich split, here we come. Good news for Yahoo! longs.

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Will MSN Be Yahoo!'s "Other Asset" in a Cash-Rich Split?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Jackson) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:34:00 +0000

Microsoft might give up MSN to get a piece of Alibaba Group and/or Yahoo!, as part of a cash-rich split

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