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Patti Hart resigns over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's botched academic records

Patti Hart, who was the board member responsible for hiring CEO Scott Thompson, is stepping down.

Yahoo ordered to pay $2.7 billion in Mexican lawsuit

Yahoo said a Mexican court has ordered it to pay $2.7 billion to Worldwide Directories SA and Ideas Interactivas SA.

A worker moves a section of a Yahoo! billboard onto a truck in San Francisco, California. The company has seen its first resignation in the wake of the scandal over CEO Scott Thompson's botched academic record: board director Patti Hart.

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