TIMELINE: Timeline of Yahoo takeover saga

reuters.com     May 16, 2008            

Activist investor Carl Icahn put forward a rival slate of directors for Yahoo on Thursday, aiming to force it to reopen talks with Microsoft, two weeks after it spurned Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid. Following is a timeline of key events in the takeover saga, stretching back more than... [read full story]                

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Yahoo still open to a deal, chairman says

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

Yahoo's chairman, Roy Bostock, has rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl Icahn that the company's board had acted irrationally in turning down a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft and repeated that Yahoo remained open to a deal at the right price. Icahn announced...                

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Yahoo's chairman disputes Icahn's accusations

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Miguel Helft SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo's chairman, Roy Bostock, rejected late Thursday accusations from the billionaire investor Carl Icahn that the company's board had acted irrationally in turning down a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft and repeated that Yahoo...                

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Out of time for a proxy fight, Yahoo shareholders turn to lawsuits [Lawsuits]

valleywag.com     May 13, 2008          

Yahoo shareholders have asked Microsoft's former nominees for the Yahoo board to consider joining a new alternative slate for Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting on July 3. But Thursday's nomination... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]                

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Yahoo shareholder decides to bow out of launching proxy fight

ecoustics.com     May 13, 2008          

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto | Post a comment Yahoo shareholder Eric Jackson announced Tuesday he is dropping his efforts to launch a proxy fight against the Internet search pioneer, citing cost concerns of going it alone. Earlier in the day, Jackson, in an interview with CNET News.com, gave himself a...                

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Icahn Buys 3.6 Pct of Yahoo, May Take Up Proxy Fight: Report

ibtimes.com     May 13, 2008          

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has bought as much as 3.6 percent of Yahoo and is considering mounting a proxy fight for the Internet portal, according to people who have spoken with him, CNBC reports. Icahn, who is known to exert pressure on company management where he holds investments, began...                

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Carl Icahn Keeps Yahoo in Play

netezza.com     May 13, 2008          

So it appears from a CNBC report, which says the billionaire financier is looking at launching the proxy fight against Yahoo's board that Microsoft, which dropped its bid for Yahoo on May 3, was unwilling to do. Icahn reportedly has been accumulating as many as 50 million shares, or 2.5% of...                

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Icahn After Yahoo?

clipmarks.com     May 13, 2008          

clipped by: Elizabeth Corcoranclipper's remarks: Icahn may be reworking the landscape of corporate America, one shareholder battle at a time. He pushed BEA into Oracles' arms; he got Motorola to agree to try to sell its handset division. And now Yahoo? It could wind up with the Redmond boys after...                

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Yahoo In Corporate Raider's Crosshairs

webpronews.com     May 13, 2008          

The sale of Yahoo to Microsoft isn't going away without a proxy fight. Billionaire Carl Icahn, the guy they made Wall Street movies about in the Eighties and had to invent the phrase "corporate raider" for, is said to have gathered up 50 million shares in Yahoo. read more                

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Icahn: Keeping Yahoo in Play?

businessweek.com     May 13, 2008          

Posted by: Rob Hof on May 13 Yahoo hasn’t completely won its independence yet, it appears from a CNBC report, which says the billionaire financier Carl Icahn is looking at launching a proxy fight against Yahoo’s board. That’s a fight that Microsoft, which dropped its bid for Yahoo on May 3, was...                

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Yahoo rises with report of possible proxy fight

ibtimes.com     May 13, 2008          

Yahoo Inc. shares rose Tuesday after a report indicated billionaire investor Carl Icahn could start a proxy fight with the struggling Internet icon. Yahoo's stock rose $1.41, or 5.6 percent, to $26.67. In the past year, the stock has traded between $18.58 and $34.08.                

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