Four Reasons For Yahoo's Four-Year Slump

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock's plan was to name a new CEO before 2009. Hasn't happened yet and there's only a week to go, so we're prepared to be shocked -- shocked! -- that Yahoo might take more time to make its decision than originally anticipated.

But in case you are the leading candidate for the job -- despite, perhaps, only joining Yahoo's board this fall -- you'll want to be...