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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team. Many other U.S.

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Looking for a Job When You're No Longer Young

Harvard Business Review

And federal age discrimination actions filed annually increased 66% between 1999 and 2011. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer. During the last decade, the number of unemployed older workers has increased 300 percent.

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