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Yahoo! investor Icahn starts proxy fight

upi.com
May 15, 2008
        
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 15 (UPI) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn has nominated an entire slate of candidates to unseat Yahoo! Inc.'s 10-member board of directors, the activist investor said Wednesday. In a letter to Yahoo! Chairman Roy Bostock, Icahn -- who has purchased 59 million Yahoo! shares since... [read full story]                    

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Yahoo! Chairman Fires Salvo in Proxy Fight

 redorbit.com May 16, 2008
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Yahoo!...I think Icahn Can, And He Really Thinks He Can

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Yahoo! Chairman Fires Salvo in Proxy Fight

redorbit.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 09:00 CDT Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock denied the company's board acted irrationally when it rejected a purchase offer from U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Activist investor Carl Ichan, who has formally initiated a proxy fight to replace all 10 of Yahoo!'s...

BRIEF: An Exchange of Letters

redorbit.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 09:00 CDT By San Jose Mercury News, Calif. May 16--A TENSE EXCHANGE Excerpts of letters between investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock From Icahn's letter: During the past week, a number of shareholders have asked me to lead a proxy fight to attempt to...

Yahoo! chairman fires salvo in proxy fight

politicalgateway.com
May 16, 2008
        

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock denied the company's board acted irrationally when it rejected a purchase offer from U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Activist investor Carl Ichan, who has formally initiated a proxy fight to replace all 10 of Yahoo!'s board...

Yahoo! chairman fires salvo in proxy fight

upi.com
May 16, 2008
        

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock denied the company's board acted irrationally when it rejected a purchase offer from U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Activist investor Carl Ichan, who has formally initiated a proxy fight to replace all 10 of Yahoo!'s board...

                   

Ten Questions Yahoo! Shareholders Want Answered (at Forbes.com)

yahoo.com
May 16, 2008
        

BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Corporate raider extraordinaire Carl Icahn launched his strategy to push Yahoo! back into Microsoft's arms. In a letter delivered Thursday to Yahoo! (nasdaq: , Icahn presented an alternative slate of board members to be voted on at the company's annual meeting on July 3. This...

Icahn's Risky Gamble for Yahoo! (at TheStreet.com)

yahoo.com
May 16, 2008
        

SAN FRANCISCO -- Expect a fierce battle for shareholder votes now that Carl Icahn is attempting to wrestle for control of Yahoo!YHOO. The billionaire investor has put forth a slate of 10 candidates to unseat Yahoo!'s own board of directors come July 3 at the company's annual shareholder meeting....

                   

Icahn to Yahoo!: It's On, Baby (at Motley Fool)

yahoo.com
May 16, 2008
        

By Rich Smith (TMFDitty) May 16, 2008 Welcome once more to our continuing saga: As the Yahoo! Board Turns: Breakfast Edition. When last we left our hero, Carl Icahn was threatening to field a full slate of 10 director-nominees to oust the current board members at Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and then...

                   
themoneytimes.com: If you're sitting on the Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) board of directors, don't be alarmed at the nature documentary film crews moving in for a close-up. They're working on an endangered species special. Smile. themoneytimes.com

Bored of Directors at Yahoo!

themoneytimes.com
May 16, 2008
        

by Rick Aristotle Munarriz - May 16, 2008 - 0 comments If you're sitting on the Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) board of directors, don't be alarmed at the nature documentary film crews moving in for a close-up. They're working on an endangered species special. Smile. Don't take it personally. Carl Icahn...

Yahoo! rejects Icahn's accusations

rediff.com
May 16, 2008
        

Yahoo! has rejected billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn's accusations that the Internet company's board of directors had acted irrationally in what he called the "botched" merger negotiations with the Microsoft. Icahn, who has amassed 59 million Yahoo! shares in recent days, in a letter to...

                   

Ten Questions Yahoo! Shareholders Want Answered

forbes.com
May 16, 2008
        

BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Corporate raider extraordinaire Carl Icahn launched his strategy to push Yahoo! back into Microsoft's arms. In a letter delivered Thursday to Yahoo! (nasdaq: , Icahn presented an alternative slate of board members to be voted on at the company's annual meeting on July 3. This...

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