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Corporate Watchdog Radio (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, "Sunshine is the best disinfectant." shareholder activists have long promoted transparency in corporate reporting. Now, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) acknowledges its rules governing company disclosures aren't good enough. So FASB is proposing new rules. Today, we speak with Corporate Watchdog Radio co-founder Sanford Lewis about...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
SAN FRANCISO - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors determination be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring. Although the board's response to the now-abandoned tender was "concerning," RiskMetrics ISS concluded that a recent truce...
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Breakout Performance (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
TORONTO/NAPLES, July 21, 2008 – activist investor Eric Jackson, founder of activist hedge fund Ironfire Capital, announced his recommendation that Yahoo! shareholders supporting his “Yahoo Plan B” group elect a mixed Yahoo/Icahn board at the upcoming Yahoo! Annual Meeting on August 1st. Dr. Jackson is speaking on behalf of the "Yahoo Plan B" group, comprised of 150 members that own 3.2 million shares...
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
activist shareholder Eric Jackson has some advice for all the little guys out there holding Yahoo shares: Come August 1, split the difference on the Yahoo board between the current directors and Carl Icahn’s alternative slate. If a majority of the board is replaced, the poison-pill severance package might be triggered. So [...]
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Unfortune (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
activist shareholder Eric Jackson has some advice for all the little guys out there holding Yahoo shares: Come August 1, split the difference on the Yahoo board between the current directors and Carl Icahn’s alternative slate. If a majority of the board is replaced, the poison-pill severance package might be triggered. So [...]
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BusinessWeek Online - Tech Beat (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Lately, it has looked like Yahoo, against all odds, might win the proxy fight that activist investor Carl Icahn is waging against it. The problem for Icahn is that, without a plan for Yahoo beyond selling it to Microsoft or...
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NY Protest Calendar (Beta) (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Please ask friends to try nyprotest two-message-per-week calendar, also online at http://snipurl.com/nyprotest …… ****Cross Post Freely**** OPERATION: IX3 CONTINUES Sunday, July 27, 2008 PROTEST ANDREW BAKER #1 INDIVIDUAL LSR shareholder HLS is a company whose primary business is death and suffering. 500 animals are killed there every day. HLS CEO and primary shareholder, Andrew Baker, doesn’t care...
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Breakout Performance (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:01pm EDT By Eric Auchard and Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - A dissident shareholder will on Monday call on Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) to compromise and accept a mixed board of directors drawn from among company nominees and a rival slate backed by Carl Icahn. Eric Jackson, founder of the activist hedge fund Ironfire Capital...
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Global Intellect (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
One of Yahoo’s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company’s incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn. Original post by Associated Press
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Chalk up a major win for Yahoo in its battle with Carl Icahn, the activist investor. Bill Miller, the portfolio manager at Legg Mason whose funds hold a large stake in Yahoo, said Friday that he would vote its shares in favor of electing Yahoo’s current board of directors — and not for the rival slate [...]
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Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
San Francisco (dpa) - Yahoo's board received a major boost Friday in its effort to resist Carl Icahn's rebellion, as Legg Mason Capital Management, one of the company's largest shareholders, announced its support for the current leadership....
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Money Out Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's pretty much a moot point how proxy services weigh in on Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] upcoming shareholder meeting now that the company has settled its proxy fight with activist investor...
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Tech Confidential Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] should have a relatively non-acrimonious shareholder meeting Aug. 1 after settling its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn earlier this week. But that doesn't...
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NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
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Navivest Stocks and Options Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Yahoo (YHOO) is set to report earnings today after the close of the stock market. The company has a lot riding on those earnings. To date, it has been able to fend of a takeover attempt by Microsoft that has had quite a few twists and turns, with the latest being that activist shareholder Carl Icahn, has bought [...]
