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Yahoo acts to discourage Microsoft's proxy fight Yahoo has lifted next week's deadline for nominating directors to its board, an attempt to discourage Microsoft from launching a proxy fight to replace the current board with members willing to approve its Yahoo acquisition bid. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo to extend proxy slate deadline? Internet pioneer has the option of extending the March 14 deadline for shareholders to nominate a slate of directors friendly to Microsoft's buyout bid. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Update: Icahn blasts Yahoo again Billionaire investor Carl Icahn continued his epistolary shouting match with Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock on Monday with a letter in which he urges Bostock to justify his director compensation by releasing his time sheets and accuses him of purposefully not answering qu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo investor urges shareholders to pick Door No. 3 A Yahoo investor is urging fellow shareholders to vote for a board of directors that would combine some of the company's current directors with some of the nominees on the slate offered by billionaire investor and Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Reports: Microsoft and Yahoo try to work it out Microsoft and Yahoo have turned a corner and are finally negotiating in earnest about their possible merger, although a deal is far from imminent, according to media reports.In anonymously sourced stories publis Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Google holds meeting on revived Microsoft-Yahoo deal Executives of Google held an emergency meeting last night to discuss the implications of revived talks between Microsoft and Yahoo, according to a report in The Times in the U.K.Over the weekend, Microsoft said Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Plaintiffs seek annulment of Yahoo severance plan Shareholders suing Yahoo over its handling of Microsoft's acquisition attempt want the judge to invalidate a controversial employee severance plan before the company's annual shareholders meeting on Aug. 1 .Yaho Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo ends talks with Microsoft, nears Google deal Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft about a deal narrower in scope than a full acquisition, Yahoo revealed on Thursday. Instead, the company is nearing an agreement with Google, The Wall Street Journal repo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo to stockholders: ignore Icahn proxy cards - BusinessWeek Earthtimes (press release)Yahoo to stockholders: ignore Icahn proxy cardsBusinessWeek - 48 minutes agoYahoo Inc.'s board is urging shareholders not to sign or return proxy cards sent to them in connection with activist investor Carl Icahn's efforts to replace the comp Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Major investor to back Yahoo board Legg Mason, one of the largest holders of Yahoo stock, will back the company's recommendations for its board of directors instead of those offered by dissident investor Carl Icahn.Legg Mason, an investment firm Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo to Microsoft: Cheapskate Yahoo has dusted off a three-month-old financial plan to reinforce its contention that the company is worth much more than Microsoft has offered to pay for it.The plan, presented to Yahoo's board of directors in Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Shareholder lawsuit claims Yahoo derailed Microsoft bid Yahoo has lost a battle to keep information about its operations confidential after a judge decided to unseal documents filed by shareholders suing the company over its handling of Microsoft's unsolicited acquisition offer. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Icahn fires off scathing letter to Yahoo directors Carl Icahn has put in writing the wrath he expressed to a newspaper Tuesday regarding unsealed court documents that allege Yahoo leaders failed to protect shareholders' best interests by actively trying to sabotage Microsoft's acquisition bid. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Icahn to Yahoo: Sell to Microsoft for $49.5 billion Carl Icahn and Yahoo's board traded barbs once again on Friday as the billionaire investor increased his pressure on Yahoo to make a deal with Microsoft, demanding that the company put itself up for sale to Microsoft for a little more than $34 a share. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft merger rumor prompts Yahoo trading Yahoo's stock is trading more heavily than usual on speculation that the company is again holding acquisition talks with Microsoft.Citing anonymous sources within both companies, technology blog TechCrunch repor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google overtakes Yahoo as most-visited U.S. Web site The bad news just doesn't seem to end for Yahoo. As the Internet portal prepares to fend off a proxy fight by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, new research from comScore concludes that for the first time, Google has overtaken Yahoo as the most-visited Web site in the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Icahn's proxy fight could trigger Yahoo's severance plan Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's proxy slate could be saddled with Yahoo's controversial employee severance plan. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Does Yahoo reorg signal cloud computing move? Under fire from angry shareholders and rocked by a stream of high-profile executive departures, embattled Yahoo on Thursday announced another reorganization, one which includes the formation of a cloud computing and data infrastructure group. The move has some analyst Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Microsoft to launch Yahoo proxy fight Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft board meets over Yahoo bid Microsoft's board met Wednesday to decide how to proceed with the company's bid to acquire Yahoo, although no final decision was reached, The Wall Street Journal reported.The major stumbling block in the negotia Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |