Carl Icahn
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Yahoo shareholders seek to nix severance plans
News Yahoo shareholders are seeking to invalidate a controversial employee severance plan prior to the company's August 1 shareholders meeting.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Plan, Yahoo! Inc., Compensation, Stock, Carl Icahn, Delaware Chancery Court, job
Yahoo rejects joint offer from Microsoft, Icahn
News Yahoo late Saturday night rejects a joint-buyout proposal by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn for the sale of only Yahoo's search business.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Proposal, Paid Search, intellectual property
Icahn sets price tag for Yahoo
News The per-share price is one of two nifty nuggets in the latest saber-rattling letter to Yahoo's chairman. The other: Jerry Yang can stay after all--just not as CEO.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Yahoo! Inc., CNBC, BEA Systems Inc., chairman, Carl Icahn, founder, Oracle Corp.
Yahoo, Microsoft reach search, ad deal
News Under the pact, Microsoft's technology will power Yahoo's search results, while Yahoo will handle ad-selling duties for both companies' search sites.
Tags: Web browsers, Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Tool, Advertisement, CEO, Carl Icahn, revenue, partnership
Icahn against partial-sale bid for Yahoo
News Billionaire investor opposes selling just a portion of the Internet pioneer because he believes the stock is undervalued.
Tags: Acquisitions, Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Stock, Advertisement, CNBC
Yahoo's Bartz has a big brass ring
News The newly minted CEO had her options exercise price set Friday, but the stretch to reach the 5 million-stock-options mark is long.
Tags: Recruiting, Stock options and grants, Search, Option, Yahoo! Inc., Compensation, Stock, Stock options and grants, Carol Bartz, stock price
Yahoo board approves AOL talks
News Yahoo's new board has decided to allow talks between the company and Time Warner over the future of AOL, according to a report.
Tags: Legal, Search, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., board meeting, Financial Times, Carl Icahn, blog, Internet access
Carl Icahn will launch proxy fight against Yahoo
News Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly planning a move that could ultimately kick out Yahoo's entire board.
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Investments, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Carl Icahn, shareholder, Internet, blog
Billionaire dumps Yahoo stake
News Frustrated with the Microhoo saga, corporate raider T. Boone Pickens has sold his entire stake of 10 million shares in the Internet pioneer, according to reports.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, San Francisco Chronicle, board meeting, Carl Icahn
Legg Mason: We're backing Yahoo
News The investment house, which owns 4.4 percent of Yahoo stock, says it will back existing management.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Internet advertising, Legg Mason Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Carl Icahn, capital management, shareholder
Report: New Yahoo board to meet next week
News New directors--Carl Icahn included--will meet Monday and Tuesday with likely topics being opposition to Google and Yahoo's proposed ad deal, The Wall Street Journal says.
Tags: Legal, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, phone, board meeting, Carl Icahn, partnership
Next up, Yahoo's dog-and-pony investor show
News Billionaire Carl Icahn and Yahoo will be take their respective fix-it strategy messages on the investor road show circuit once they file their definitive proxies with the SEC.
Tags: Investor relations, Strategy formulation, Yahoo! Inc., Investor, Carl Icahn, SEC, shareholder, asset, strategy, agency
Microsoft enters Yahoo-Icahn fight to 'set record straight'
News Software giant contends that its now-rejected sweetened offer for Yahoo's search business "did not include changes to Yahoo's governance" and was incorrectly portrayed as a "take it or leave it ultimatum".
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Proposal, software company, software
Yahoo board member resigns, shareholder meeting delayed
News The date for the annual meeting is expected to be determined in late July, following the resignation of a longtime director from the 10-member board.
Tags: Investor relations, Leadership, Change mangement, Microsoft Corp., Legg Mason Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, hedge fund, SEC, shareholder
Legg Mason suggests US$33 a share for Yahoo
News Portfolio manager Bill Miller says it would take a bid of at least US$33 a share if Carl Icahn wants more shareholders to side with him in his proxy contest.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Legg Mason Inc., Yahoo! Inc., chairman, Carl Icahn
