Don't let the jovial ways of Yahoo!'s
It's obviously a rumor, though it certainly would surprise no one to see the company aggressively hacking at its rolls.
Like the giddy crowd at a Jonas Brothers concert, Yahoo!'s stock price is stuck in the tweens. Shareholders are begging for change, though it remains to be seen if 3,500 rolling heads will be enough to satisfy the market's bloodthirsty appetite.
See, Yahoo! has been here before. The company laid off hundreds back in February. It saw its payroll go from 14,300 to 13,800 Yahooligans by the end of the first quarter. A quarter later, its workforce was back at 14,300.
Sure, it's different this time. We're talking about thousands of employees -- not hundreds -- potentially being let go. However, unless CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock join their fallen Yahooligans on the swords, the market is still going to cry out for change.
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Given Yahoo!'s lousy operating margins relative to market leader Google
Maybe Yahoo! still had stars in its eyes after its drawn-out dance with Microsoft
Those days are over. The company's days as a growth stock darling are way over. I guess Yahoo! realizes that if it wants to be valued as the value stock it is, it's time to make sure that it provides an attractive earnings-based valuation.
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