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Icahn says he can'tPosted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld in Between the Lines on Jul 21, 2008 8:17 AM
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Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can’t. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo!...[Read the rest]

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Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 21, 2008 4:28 AM
Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 18, 2008 9:18 AM
Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer
Yahoo once again delivered another shareholder letter Thursday designed to urge shareholders to vote for its board members at its Aug. 1 annual meeting. Yahoo's message: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 17, 2008 4:14 AM
Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?
But after pondering this past weekend's latest back-and-forth in the never-ending MicroHoo saga, I kept coming back to the original question about this whole transaction. Why does Microsoft really want... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jul 14, 2008 7:58 AM
Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees
The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 14, 2008 7:42 AM
Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'
Yahoo says it has rejected another offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn. The latest offer, delivered Friday, was another gambit to acquire Yahoo's search business. Yahoo's overall message: If Microsoft... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 13, 2008 6:35 AM
Microsoft-Yahoo on again?
Carl Icahn and Steve Ballmer announced plans today for Microsoft to acquire some or all of Yahoo if the current board was ousted in an upcoming election on August 1st.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Jul 7, 2008 9:54 AM
Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board
Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 7, 2008 6:28 AM
Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance
Microsoft still has the hots for Yahoo and now wants to enlist partners to win the target's search business. Yes, folks the Microhoo saga continues and boy are these two... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 2, 2008 3:55 AM
Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders
Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 30, 2008 6:47 AM
Yang's recovery runway: Months to days (and board should go too)
It had looked like Jerry Yang would at least get a few months to prove he could right the listing ship that is Yahoo. Perhaps it's days now. The issue:... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 19, 2008 1:20 PM
Meet Jerry Yang, pinata
So what's that water cooler conversation going to sound like at the Yahoo executive suite today? Probably something like this: Sue Decker: So Jerry how was your weekend? Jerry Yang:... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 16, 2008 3:36 AM
Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?
Yahoo got its wish. Microsoft is no longer a possibility as a purchaser. The company improves short-term results by partnering on search with Google. Carl Icahn may give up on... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 13, 2008 8:39 AM
Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake?
Yahoo has made it official: It is teaming up with Google on search advertising, but the ripple effects--both short-term and long-term--are just beginning. The two companies have announced a broad... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 12, 2008 4:21 PM
Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput as Microsoft talks end
Yahoo is reportedly near a search deal with Google and plans an unrelated reorganization. Meanwhile, Microsoft says it's no longer interested in Yahoo. Add it up and billionaire investor Carl... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 12, 2008 12:06 PM
Yahoo: Our poison pill isn't 'nuts'; Icahn guessing at plan costs
Yahoo in an SEC filing fired its latest volley at billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and defended its employee compensation plan. The company, embroiled in a proxy war with Icahn,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 10, 2008 3:34 PM
Icahn miffed at Yahoo response; Has Google envy too
Another day another Carl Icahn to Roy Bostock letter. In this installment, our activist billionaire is annoyed by the Yahoo chairman's terse response to his previous letter. Hmm. Maybe these... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 9, 2008 7:10 AM
Icahn on Yahoo: I'd hire a 'talented and experienced' CEO
In his latest missive to Yahoo's board of directors, activist shareholder Carl Icahn blasts chairman Roy Bostock and outlines what he'd do if he gets control of the company's board.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 6, 2008 9:13 AM
Carl and Yahoo's dueling banjo routine gets old
See Carl Icahn blast Jerry Yang and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock over a compensation plan to fend off a Microsoft bid. See Roy tell Carl he's manipulating facts and using... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 5, 2008 9:04 AM
Icahn: I want Yang gone from Yahoo
Updated: The disclosure of a complaint against Yahoo over its poison pill has predictably wound up activist shareholder Carl Icahn. The takeaway from an interview in the Wall Street Journal:... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 3, 2008 12:06 PM
What Yahoo doesn't want you to know about the Microsoft deal
After fighting against its disclosure for weeks, lawyers for Yahoo! have finally lost their battle to keep the details of a shareholder lawsuit hidden. They had released a public version... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Jun 3, 2008 7:14 AM
Reaction to Yahoo's Microsoft-inspired poison pill: 'That's nuts'
Yahoo's poison pill--adopted by the company to thwart a Microsoft takeover--was deemed "nuts" by outside consulting firm Compensia. That nugget was the big takeaway from an unsealed complaint (Techmeme and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 2, 2008 2:31 PM
Jerry Yang: The Web's most overanalyzed exec
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a lot to worry about these days. Activist shareholder Carl Icahn wants to toss his board. Microsoft is playing hard ball. Large investors are angry.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 28, 2008 6:04 PM
Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbits
I've been out on tour for my new Microsoft 2.0 book this week and haven't been posting as regularly as usual. So here's a grab bag of a few Microsoft-related... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 23, 2008 8:19 AM
Yahoo board of director resigns; Shareholder meeting delayed
Yahoo said Thursday that Edward Kozel resigned from its board of directors. The company will reduce the size of its board from 10 directors to nine and delayed its shareholder... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 22, 2008 2:24 PM
Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?
The Microhoo saga has attracted a who's who list of investors to Yahoo in a big bet that Carl Icahn will force some sort of "shareholder value." The latest investing... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 20, 2008 10:09 AM
Microsoft: Doing Facebook, Yahoo search two-step to set up Google showdown?
The rumor mill over Microsoft's search for an online strategy is working overtime. The latest: Microsoft is working to buy Yahoo's search business and then Facebook. These rumors, swirling about... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 19, 2008 7:02 AM
Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time?
Updated with Yahoo response, more on potential search deal: Microsoft on Sunday issued a statement that opens the door to a partnership with Yahoo, but not an acquisition. Now Microsoft... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 19, 2008 2:12 AM
Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works?
Microsoft is talking to Yahoo again -- but not about an acquisition of all of Yahoo this time around. The pair are back to discussing some other kind of transaction... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 18, 2008 4:05 PM
Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 16, 2008 9:29 AM
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