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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username arnost_179 - May 16, 2008 10:24:14 AM
Re: Yahoo's chairman disputes Icahn's accusations
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