Ousted Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has cancer: report

Yahoo?s newly ousted former CEO Scott Thompson recently told the company?s board that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing ?people familiar with the matter.? The WSJ says he disclosed the news to insiders last week as evidence mounted that he did not have the undergraduate computer science degree ...

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday. Thompson's interim replacement, effective immediately, will be Yahoo's global media head Ross Levinson. Yahoo was not immediately available for comment Yahoo has said that Thompson, the former president of eBay Inc division PayPal, did not have a computer science degree, despite what was stated in his official company biography and in regulatory filings with the U.S. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Third Point on Thursday accused Yahoo Inc's new chief executive,

by Dan Loeb:Third Point LLC, owners of 5.8% of Yahoo! (YHOO) shares, sent the following letter today to the Yahoo! Board of Directors:May 3, 2012Board of Directors Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089Dear Board of Directors:

(Reuters) - Data analytics software maker Splunk Inc said former Yahoo Inc CEO Scott Thompson has resigned from its board of directors, effective May 18. "In regard to recent health issues, we wish Scott all the best for a fast and full recovery," Splunk Chief Executive Godfrey Sullivan said in a statement. Thompson, who had joined Splunk's board in October, was reported to have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Thompson stepped down as Yahoo chief last week, 10 days after activist investor Daniel Loeb accused him of padding his biography by faking a computer science degree. ...

Chief Executive Scott Thompson apparently misrepresented his college credentials, falsely saying he had a computer science degree, an error flagged by an activist shareholder.Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson is expected to step down Sunday after dissident shareholders called attention to his apparent misrepresentation of his college credentials.

Wall Street Breakfast Editors submit:Top StoriesLoeb gets his way as Thompson leaves Yahoo. Yahoo (YHOO +1%) CEO Scott Thompson has left the company over his phantom computer-science degree, with All Things D reporting that the firm is claiming "cause" for his exit and so may possibly avoid a huge payoff.