United States: Tech giant Yahoo! names interim chief executive

Levinsohn, who was tapped to replace Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, is expected to boost the website's original programming.When Ross Levinsohn joined Yahoo Inc.

Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is expected to step down from his post following the controversy surrounding his allegedly inflated resume, in the latest blow to the struggling Internet giant, a leading industry website reported Sunday.The All Things Digital website reported that Thompson's imminent departure marks "what will be a dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had on his bio," and cited "multiple sources close to the situation."

By TechCrunch: By Ingrid Lunden

Ross??Levinsohn is about to take over as CEO of ! (YHOO) ? replacing Scott Thompson. That?s the rumor DealBook reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, the instigator of the management??shakeup, Third Point founder, Dan Loeb, has another victory to add to his struggle to make money in ! stock.??In exchange for abandoning his proxy fight, Loeb and ...

By TechCrunch: By Ingrid Lunden

All eyes and ears are now fixed on Ross Levinsohn, interim CEO of with the departure of -CEO-of-the-month Scott Thompson. I had some suggestions for what he should do. But in the likely absence of near-term comments from the new top dog beyond a content-free memo to employees, here are some clues to his intentions ...

A hedge fund battling the management of Yahoo! called for the release of documents about the recruitment of chief executive Scott Thompson in a scathing filing Monday with regulators.The filing by the Third Point with Securities and Exchange Commission came after the hedge fund's deadline passed on its demand for the ouster of Thompson for misrepresenting his educational background.Third Point, which owns 5.8 percent of the struggling tech giant, filed its slate of candidates for the Yahoo! board, ensuring a proxy battle, as it stepped up its attack on management.