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Yahoo Recount Shows Large Protest: Yang's Approval At 66, Not 85 Percent

Fortune.com | Yi-Wyn Yen | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Recount, Ron Bostock, Yahoo, Yahoo Disapproval, Yahoo Board Re-Election, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Board Meeting, Eric Jackson, Yahoo Re-Election Recount, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Business News

Yahoo (YHOO) on Tuesday disclosed that CEO Jerry Yang and other directors were re-elected last week to its board with far fewer votes than previously ...

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Yahoo Shareholder Capital Research Global Investors Wants A Recount

New York Times | Miguel Helft | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Recount, Yahoo, Yahoo Board Recount, Yahoo Board Meeting, Yahoo Shareholder Support, Yahoo Board Re-Election Recount, Capital Research Global Investors, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Capital Research Global Investors, one of Yahoo's largest shareholders, has asked for a re-examination of Yahoo's shareholder vote at...

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Yahoo Annual Board Meeting: Mixed Reviews

AP, Reuters, CNET | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Eric Jackson, Yahoo Annual Board Meeting, Yahoo Board of Directors, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Business News

So, after a tumultuous year, how did the Yahoo annual board meeting go? Depends on who you ask. If you ask Carl Icahn, he probably thought the day w...

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Yahoo Board Meeting Should Be Chippy

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Yahoo Board Meeting, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Microsoft, Yahoo Microsoft Merger, Business News

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of sharehol...

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On Carl Icahn's Settlement -- And New Responsibilities -- With Yahoo

Alan Patricof | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Shareholder Activist, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Shareholders, Corporate Raider, Business News
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The most constructive part of the settlement is the requirement that Icahn Enterprises maintain holdings of at least 30 million shares in order to retain the board seat.

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Icahn On Yahoo's Board Makes Microsoft Deal More Likely (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Board of Directors, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

Now that Yahoo has given in and supplied "shareholder activist" Carl Icahn with three seats on the Yahoo board of directors, Citi analyst Mark Mahaney...

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Yahoo, Icahn Settle: Carl Gets 3 Seats, Agrees To Shut Up

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Aol, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Proxy Fight, Bobby Kotick, Jon Allen, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

Here's the official end of the Yahoo-Icahn proxy war: Yahoo will give the corporate raider 3 seats on its board (one for himself, plus two more), and ...

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Yahoo Gains Support Of Major Shareholder In Proxy Fight

BusinessWeek | Rob Hof | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Bill Miller, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Legg Mason, Legg Mason Capital Management, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

With its annual meeting looming in just two weeks, Yahoo is ratcheting up its defense against Carl Icahn's proxy fight with an energy critics wish the...

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Yahoo Denies Jerry Yang Resignation Rumors

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Sue Decker, Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Jerry Yang Resigns, Business News

Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget is reported a rumor that Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, may resign today -- and soon afterward reporting that Yahoo ...

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Microsoft Wants To Deal With New Yahoo Board, Yahoo Doesn't Want A New Board

Huffington Post | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Board, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Business News

Carl Icahn's saber just got louder. The Associated Press reports that Microsoft has indicated that it would be interested in negotiating a deal with Y...

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Yahoo Questioning Microsoft's Sincerity, Claims Google Deal Is More Flexible

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Yahoo, Carl Icahn Proxy Bid, Yahoo Shareholders, Google, Google Yahoo Deal, Business News

NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the r...

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Could Microsoft Control Yahoo Without Buying It? Investors Think So

All Things Digital | Lara Swisher | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Ad Deal, Susan Decker, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Proxy Bid, Yahoo Google Deal, Jerry Yang Enemies, What's Next for Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

So when will Microsoft and Yahoo really start talking again? Much sooner than later, if investors have their way. While the pair have not had any su...

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Shafting Yahoo's Shareholders

New York Times | Joe Nocera | Posted 06.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Business News

Here's the problem, Jerry. It's not your baby. It hasn't been since 1996, when Yahoo went public. At that moment, you suddenly had to answer to your n...

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Yahoo's Google Deal Raises Antitrust Concerns

CNet | Ina Fried | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Google Yahoo Deal, Yahoo Shareholders Lawsuit, Google Yahoo Ad Deal, Yahoogle, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Google, Business News

With Microsoft and others certain to raise antitrust challenges over its pact with Yahoo, Google attempted to make its case Thursday for why the deal ...

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Microsoft Kills Yahoo Offer

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Shareholders Lawsuit, Eric Schmidt, Google Yahoo Announcement, Yahoo Takeover, Google Yahoo Ad Deal, Yahoogle, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Google, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Yahoo dropped more than 8 percent on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that negotiations between the Inte...

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Google CEO Says He Prefers Independent Yahoo

InfoWorld | Paul Krill | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Google Yahoo, Eric Schmidt, Carl Icahn Yahoo, Google Yahoo Announcement, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Google, Business News

San Francisco - Google believes an independent Yahoo is better for the marketplace than one that becomes part of Microsoft, Google Chairman/CEO Eric ...

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Yahoo/Microsoft Deal Dead, Yahoo Enters Ad Deal With Google

Huffington Post | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Eric Schmidt, Yahoo Google, Sergey Brin, Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Shareholders Lawsuit, Google Yahoo Announcement, Larry Page, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Google, Google Microsoft, Yahoogle, Business News

**UPDATE** Reuters reports on the deal reached between Google and Yahoo: Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp ended talks as the Web pioneer agreed to let arc...

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Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Yahoo Shareholders, Yahoo Shareholders Lawsuit, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwart...

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What Yahoo Didn't Say

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Yhoo, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo Shareholders, Microsoft Letter, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microsoft Bid, Microsoft Takeover Bid, Msft, Corporate Press Releases, Business News

In corporate press-release wars like this, it is imperative to read between the lines. More important that what Yahoo (YHOO) said in its Microsoft (MS...

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Microsoft: No Plans To Raise Yahoo Bid (Yet)

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Shareholders, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Bid Price, Business News

Microsoft (MSFT) plans to continue to stand firm on its Yahoo (YHOO) bid, the WSJ says--a report that will likely come as a disappointment to those ho...

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Microsoft-Yahoo Takeover Glitch: Can't Find Dissident Yahoo Board Members

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Brian mcAndrews, Yhoo, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft-Yahoo, Microsoft, Hostile Takeover, Yahoo Shareholders, Bill Gates, Yusef Medhi, Msft, Jerry Yang, Silicon Valley, Business News

One of the next steps in the Microsoft-Yahoo melodrama (MSFT) (YHOO) is for Microsoft to nominate a slate of directors to replace the ones it will try...

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Yahoo: We're Worth More Than $42 Billion

Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn and Jessica Guynn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Shareholders, Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Yahoo Forecast, Jerry Yang, Microsoft Stock Price, Business News

Yahoo Inc.'s top executives Tuesday began a weeklong campaign to convince major shareholders that the Web powerhouse is worth more than the $42 billio...

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Jerry Yang's Consolation Prize: $200+ Million Or More

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Jerry Yang is still trying to figure out a way to keep Yahoo out of Microsoft's clutches. But failing that, he's at least trying to get MSFT to raise ...

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