San Francisco: Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson, at the centre of a row over his educational qualifications, told his top executives on Thursday he never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, a source familiar with the situation said.
Thompson held a meeting with senior staff to address the controversy that erupted a week ago, and has caused turmoil at the struggling Internet company and raised questions about his future as CEO.
Yahoo acknowledged last week that Thompson, the former president of eBay Inc division PayPal, does not have a computer science degree, despite what was stated in his official company biography and in regulatory filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Thompson sent an email to Yahoo employees earlier this week apologising for the controversy, and saying he hoped a Yahoo board review of the matter would be concluded promptly....
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11:54 AM, May 11, 2012
Washington: Two young Indian-American entrepreneurs are attempting to make the traditional paper resume a thing of the past by connecting the job seeker and the employer through video resumes. The Palo Alto Mayor, Yiaway Yeh, and several other top corporate leaders of the city which is known as the heart of the Silicon Valley - lined up last Thursday in its downtown to inaugurate the new office of GetHired.Com, which...
03:47 PM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has rejected the application of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar and given a green signal to conduct a trial against them in their daughter Aarushi's murder case. In a setback for the Talwars, the court said that the cognizance taken by the trial court against them is correct. The CBI had claimed that the dentist couple had killed their daughter Aarushi Talwar. The couple had in...
01:48 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Northampton: Abhinav Mukund struck a brilliant 113 as India progressed to 327/7 at stumps in their two day tour match against Northamptonshire on Friday. Mukund struck 18 boundaries and was involved in a 132 run partnership with VVS Laxman for the third wicket which allowed the visitors to dominate proceedings. Amit Mishra on 48 and S Sreesanth on 15 were the not out batsmen at the end of the day....
05:36 PM, Feb 18, 2008
New Delhi: Praising Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan for playing the role of senior players to perfection in the match against Sri Lanka, fast bowling great Wasim Akram said the Pakistan team need to rally around the experienced duo if they are to do well further in the World Cup. Younis and Misbah struck half-centuries to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 11 runs in their second group match on Saturday....
03:51 PM, Dec 23, 2007
With 13,100 new resumes per day during July-Sept, Monster India acquired 62 pc more resumes than its nearest competitors. ...
10:35 AM, Dec 13, 2006
