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Yahoo Inc. didn't use the occasion of its annual shareholder meeting Thursday to name a permanent chief executive, instead keeping Ross Levinsohn in the position on an interim basis.

The race to become Yahoo Inc's next chief executive appears to have come down to two candidates: current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.

New Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn named an executive team, including Mickie Rosen to lead global media and commerce efforts, to help renew growth at the ailing Internet company.

The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to consider whether he would be willing to become the struggling Internet company's next CEO. Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo Inc.'s executive vice president of Americas, made his remarks during the kick-off of the Web 2.0 Summit. That's a three-day Internet conference that annually attracts prominent technology executives.