AP - Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc will appoint activist
investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board,
defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal
with Microsoft Corp less likely.
PC Magazine - The Internet company has reached an agreement with billionaire investor Carl Icahn whereby Icahn will abandon his proxy contest for Yahoo in exchange for a seat on the company's board and two board members of his choice. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:32:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AFP - Yahoo announced Monday it has reached an agreement with corporate raider Carl Icahn ending his effort to oust the Internet giant's board over its handling of a takeover bid from Microsoft.
AFP - Yahoo agreed Monday to give corporate raider Carl Icahn and two of his allies board seats, ending his fight to oust the board of the Internet giant for its handling of a failed takeover bid from Microsoft.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc will appoint
activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its
board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate
deal with Microsoft Corp less likely.
AP - Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The additional support stems from the latest version of Kalido Universal Information Director, which makes it possible to get data from Kalido's data warehouse to Microsoft Office, PerformancePoint and SharePoint. -- read full article
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:06:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - A former Microsoft employee has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for a scam involving the company's domain names. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - For the fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft said sales increased 18% over the prior year to $15.8 billion. Net income rose 41% to $4.3 billion. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - In a rare slip for Google Inc,
Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp gained share as Google lost ground
in the Web search market in June, industry data released on
Friday shows.
AP - One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Reuters - Technology stocks fell on Friday and
drove the Nasdaq down 1 percent on disappointing earnings from
Google and Microsoft, while Citigroup's
smaller-than-expected loss pushed up the Dow and helped keep
the broader market near the unchanged mark.
PC World - A former Microsoft employee has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for a scam involving the company's domain names. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:40:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
