NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Scott Thompson becoming the CEO at Yahoo! caught eBay’s CEO John Donahoe off-guard. According to eBay’s blog, Donahoe sent out a letter to PayPal employees this morning: “As you may already have seen, Yahoo! announced this morning that Scott Thompson is joining the company as CEO, …
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PayPal is a crown jewel of eBay. Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, has just been named CEO of Yahoo! More: continued here
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Read More »Atherstone post office staff locked in cupboard in raid – BBC News
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