Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
On this week’s EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft’s analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson’s departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn’s deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft’s financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried’s coverage) where CEO Steve Ballmer talked strategy and outlined the [...]
Entrepreneur Watch (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Since Carl Icahn has settled with Yahoo, he's decided to blog about the issues. The highlights of the settlement, he says, aside from getting board seats for himself and two others of his choosing: I will be offered the chance...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adnan Khashoggi,GenesisIntermedia Stock Fraud,Terrorism 'I don't want my E-mail made public,' said one insider. As aresult,many aides have shifted to Internet E-mail instead of the White House system. 'It's Yahoo!, baby,' says a Bushie."
Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Sign of the times -- billionaire raider Carl Icahn explains his Yahoo! perspectives ... on his new blog Writing Tuesday on his freshly launched blog, The Icahn Report, the activist investor, who just reached a deal with Yahoo to end his bid for control of its board, first detailed his reasons settlement agreement. “By the end of last week, I realized that although many large shareholders supported...
Investing Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yahoo and Carl Icahn are now on good standing after Yahoo gave Icahn three new seats on a board now 11 members strong. This will give Icahn and two others from his slate the ability to sit in on the discussions of the Yahoo board and even try to push policy. Yahoo is [...]
HardMac.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Carl Icahn is a rich man who holds 4,98% of the Yahoo stock. At the time of the crisis between Yahoo and Microsoft, this shareholder put all his weight on the side of a takeover by Microsoft so that he could make a lot of money. Faced by the refusal of the Yahoo management o yield, he deposited a motion aiming at replacing all the board of directors. Now a compromise has been found, taking out a thorn...
Deep Blue Computers (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The annual shareholder meeting for Yahoo will be held on August 1st, 2008 in San Jose, California. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is expected to pursue his preference to replace the current board of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Appscout.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Carl Icahn backed off his proxy fight for Yahoo! earlier this week because those he selected to appoint to the Yahoo! board were "nervous about having a complete change of control," the billionaire investor wrote in a Tuesday blog post
CNET (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yahoo president Sue Decker discussed her thoughts on working with investor activist Carl Icahn, post proxy fight merger settlement, in a CNBC interview.
NewsFactor Network (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Billionaire Carl Icahn may use the three board seats at Yahoo Inc. that he added to his collection on Monday to do ... not much. The colorful corporate raider, who has been locked in a public feud with Yahoo over its rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s takeover attempt, spent more than $1.5 billion to amass a 5 percent stake in Yahoo and snag the board seats. But without the support of all-important institutional...
Top Tech News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Billionaire Carl Icahn may use the three board seats at Yahoo Inc. that he added to his collection on Monday to do ... not much. The colorful corporate raider, who has been locked in a public feud with Yahoo over its rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s takeover attempt, spent more than $1.5 billion to amass a 5 percent stake in Yahoo and snag the board seats. But without the support of all-important institutional...
Best Gadgets World (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
We like you, we like you not. We like you, we like you not. It seems to have been a veritable rollercoaster ride for the past weeks as offers were tossed back and forth about as easily as not so cleverly veiled insults between Yahoo! and billionaire investor Carl Icahn. But it seems as though it may have finally come to some sort of resolution before the August 1 board meeting, as Yahoo! offered Icahn...
Tech Confidential Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Carl Icahn showed his cuddly side in a blog post today discussing Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] move on Monday to appoint him to the company's board. He claims to be "very...
Best New Technology (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Looks like there won’t be a proxy fight after all come August 1st when Yahoo! convenes their annual shareholder meeting. Yahoo! announced it has reached a settlement with Carl Icahn which allows the current Yahoo! slate of directors to go uncontested. The settlement also ensures Icahn gains a voice in the future of the company; including the potential sale of its search or other businesses to Microsoft...
Marketing Pilgrim (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Here’s an interesting twist in the Yahoo/Microsoft/Icahn love triangle–Carl Icahn and Yahoo have just kissed and made-up. Under a newly announced settlement, Carl Icahn and two of his cohorts will be elected to Yahoo’s board of directors. Following the 2008 annual meeting, the Yahoo! Board will be expanded to 11 members. Carl Icahn will be appointed to [...]
