Yahoo stock climbs, but hot seat awaits new CEO, who had led Autodesk for 14 years.
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Portal powerhouse also lowers expectations for rest of year as it fights to withstand pressure from Google.
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Current CEO Terry Semel is stepping aside, and co-founder Jerry Yang will take the helm. Mr. Semel joined the company in 2001 and will step aside to assume the advisory role of nonexecutive chairman.
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The rising costs of generating traffic drove shares of the Internet media giant lower.
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