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It comes as little surprise to analysts who have been watching the Yahoo drama unfold over the past six months. CEO Jerry Yang, 40, is stepping down and the company is hunting for a new chief who can pull the Internet company up by its billion-dollar bootstraps and compete with Google.

Yang, Yahoo's cofounder, will return to his former role as chief yahoo and continue to serve on the board. Right now, he seems to be a scapegoat for Yahoo's woes -- but are those really his fault, or was Yang set up from the start?

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