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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Yahoo nearing end of search for new CEO: report

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    Thu Jan 8, 2009 11:08pm EST
    The ticker reports on the resignation of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is nearing the end of its search for a new chief executive officer, with a decision coming possibly as soon as next week, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, citing people close to the internet company.

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    One of the candidates still being considered is former chief executive officer of engineering software company Autodesk Inc Carol Bartz, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Journal reported.

    Yahoo's board is leaning toward a candidate from outside the company, according to people familiar with the matter, who also said Vodafone Group PLC's former Chief Executive Arun Sarin has withdrawn his name, the Journal said.

    The board has yet to make an offer and is unlikely to do so before next week, but hopes to announce a new leader before reporting fourth quarter results at the end of the month, according to these people.

    A Yahoo spokesman declined to comment.

    Jerry Yang said in November he would step down as CEO as soon as the board finds a replacement.

    (Reporting by Phil Wahba; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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