Deals of the Day: Yahoo Figures Out Carl Icahn is a ‘Corporate Agitator’

By Stephen Grocer and Heidi Moore Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing. For breaking deal news, turn to the WSJ’s Deals & Deal Makers page, or click here to automatically sign up for Deals Alert emails. Mergers & Acquisitions Generic deal: Israel’s Teva is in talks to buy Barr Pharmaceuticals, a deal that would unite two big generic-drug makers. Barr is expected to fetch a substantial premium, in the range of $60 to $70 per share, which would imply a deal value of as much as $7.57 billion, not including deb. [WSJ] Microhooey: Yahoo’s Chairman and CEO blasted dissident shareholder Icahn as a “corporate agitator” who wants to “get his money back quickly” as they shed slightly more detail on their plans for improving shareholder returns. So brave of Yahoo... [read full story]