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To: GST who wrote (143991)	7/21/2002 11:35:37 AM
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Yahoo: Internet portal survived the dot.com bust. >>"Wall Street put pressure on companies to do dumb stuff, like giving things away all the time," said a former Yahoo executive who left before the steep downturn had run its course, and declined to be named. "Then Wall Street demanded both predicable business models and increasing revenues and profits. "So rather than exploring their businesses, companies quickly moved into what may have been the wrong business." Yahoo weathered that irrational storm, said the former executive, but at great cost. "Yahoo could have built one of the great brands of all time. Now they are just another little company," he said. "What a waste." << latimes.com