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YAHOO's new boss has a fairly simple default setting when it comes to competitors and critics - let's 'kick some butt', as she once put it - so it was no surprise that the message on a recent visit here was pretty forceful.
The Internet pioneer is back in the game after some dreadful years of falling revenues and media derision, says chief executive Carol Bartz, ready to make major deals, ready to take on all comers, ready to, well...kick some butt.
Ms Bartz displayed her fighting spirit with business chiefs and media here earlier this month at a talk organised by the American Chamber of Commerce on the sidelines of the Apec meetings.
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