Internet giant Yahoo is in the spotlight, because the company will split off from its Chinese rival Alibaba, it was announced Wednesday.
Mayer was until Wednesday still at work and says it will work through her short maternity leave.Yahoo was on its search engine and free e- mail service once one of the pioneers of the Internet, but in recent years overtaken left and right by younger players like Google and Facebook. So far, it is also assumed office in 2012 Mayer, who comes from Google, failed to turn the tide.