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Yahoo: Our board a lot less loved todayPosted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on Aug 5, 2008 2:40 PM Subscribe Alerts: Yahoo's shareholder meeting last Friday looked like a resounding victory for CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock. The reality was a bit different. The company failed to tabulate the...[Read the rest]

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Icahn: I'm not showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meeting: Talk about anticlimactic: Billionaire investor and proxy war ninja Carl Icahn isn't going to bother showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meeting on Friday. In a post, Icahn--newly muzzled courtesy of... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 31, 2008 8:12 AM
Icahn says he can't: 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]; Posted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld in Between the Lines on: Jul 21, 2008 8:17 AM
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