Yahoo! warned on Wednesday that
its first quarter financial results will fall short of Wall Street expectations due to lower advertising spending by customers amid
economic uncertainty. Yahoo also said and that it has begun a search for a new chief executive to replace Tim Koogle, who will
remain the Internet media company's chairman.
Koogle declared that "all businesses in the United States are facing challenging economic conditions that have weakened further
in recent weeks, and as consumer confidence and spending has deteriorated, a broad range of customers have delayed their
spending across all media formats until their economic outlook improves".
The company made the announcement late in the afternoon following broad speculation on the Street as its shares were halted
on Nasdaq.
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