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HOLLYWOOD AND SILICON VALLEY were shocked when Terry Semel became CEO of Internet portal Yahoo! in 2001. But the ex-Warner Bros. chief has led the company out of dotcom-bubble troubles to a new era of record profits. He has also done well personally, making a profit of more than $250 million on stock-option sales, according to analysis firm Thomson Financial. Semel talked to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about technology, Tinseltown and the competition...
...points Mendy in the direction of a brothel that changes his life. The rabbi quotes an obscure Talmudic passage that authorizes restless young Hasidim to “get it out of their systems.” But, true to cliché, Mendy falls in love with Sasha (Tchelet Semel), the beautiful prostitute he meets at the Love Boat, his bordello of choice, and never comes back...
...July 26, citing Yahoo!?s ability to take down any site they choose, as well as the company?s self-described commitment to the safety of adolescents and children, ANAD asked Terry Semel, the portal?s CEO, to remove the pro-anorexia sites from its server. "The fact is that most people who become anorexic first experience symptoms before they are eighteen," says ANAD vice president Christopher Athas. "Yahoo! claims to be interested in the health and welfare of children? Here?s a good chance to prove...
...response surprised even ANAD. By Monday, July 30th, 21 of Yahoo!?s estimated 115 pro-anorexia sites had been taken down. While no one at ANAD is willing to link the action directly to their letter of complaint, organization leaders sent off a note thanking Semel for his quick action...
...Daly and Semel almost seemed to be kissing off their employers before they got the kiss-off themselves. The two men long ago became centimillionaires by virtue of their salaries and zillions of stock options. Says Semel: "For the first time in my life I will not have a contract, a road map to follow. This could be the first time I can choose what direction I'm going...