Scott Thompson, former Yahoo CEO, is replaced by Ross Levinsohn (Image: AdMove2010 (CC) via Flickr)

Yahoo replaced CEO Scott Thompson after a committee confirmed he falsified his degree.
Scott Thompson is now replaced by interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, former executive vice president for Yahoo.
Daniel Loeb of Third Point, pressed Yahoo to change the company’s CEO. Scott Thompson’s degree was business administration with emphasis in accounting, and not accounting and computer science …

Yahoo investigates newly seated CEO Scott Thompson over tampered CV accusation. (Image: Yondel Anecdotal, via Flickr / CC)

Yahoo has started a probe about the academic credentials of its newly seated CEO Scott Thompson after allegations of CV fabrication.
According to Reuters, Dan Loeb, founder and chief executive of Third Point, Thompson “padded out” his claim of holding degrees in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College near Boston.
Loeb added that Thompson …