Between the Lines (Free subscription) | yesterday
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 [...]
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...
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."
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 [...]
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.
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...
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...
Breakout Performance (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
BNN speaks with Eric Jackson, Yahoo shareholer and founder, Ironfire Capital, about the Yahoo-Icahn truce. The clip starts at 16:00 in: http://watch.bnn.ca/squeezeplay/july-2008/taking-stock-july-21-2008/#clip68137
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...
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...
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
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...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Carl C. Icahn wants you to know that, now that his proxy battle with Yahoo is over, he intends to blog more often. And he hinted that an upcoming post will be inspired by a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Writing Tuesday on his freshly launched blog, The Icahn Report, the activist investor, who [...]
NeoWin (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Yahoo Inc. will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal with Microsoft Corp. less likely. The settlement with Icahn, announced Monday, came just 11 days before Yahoo's Aug. 1 annual shareholders meeting. Icahn had originally sought to replace the entire board with his own nominees and oust Yahoo Chief Executive...
Game press every day (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
