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A throwaway line in a CEO Scott Thompson's bio may cost him his job running Yahoo!, and it has already apparently ended the gig for Patti Hart -- the Yahoo! board member who hired him.

Yahoo is facing a showdown with a major shareholder, activist hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, who wants the troubled Internet company to fire CEO Scott Thompson for unethical conduct -- essentially, résumé inflation.

In contrast to the many U.S. companies we should view with pride, some have behaved in ways that are downright evil. For their exploitative behaviors, these companies (and one whole industry) have earned their seats on the corporate netherworld's board of shame.

The Walmart bribery scandal has shined a harsh spotlight on corporate misdeeds. How can you keep track of the probity of the businesses you patronize? These websites can help.

Shutterfly's stalking horse bid should have been low enough to smoke out other potentially buyers of Kodak Gallery -- but no other company thought it could make something of a photo-sharing site that had been largely left for dead.

Netflix posted reasonable results Monday, but the video service giant's stock took a big hit due to weak revenue guidance. Concerns about Netflix may be valid, but let's look more deeply at what it revealed in its quarterly report.

Starbucks is about to perk up "the happiest place on earth." The Seattle-based coffee chain on Monday is announcing a partnership to open a store inside each of the six Disney properties in California and Florida.