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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Icahn filed the final nominating papers for a slate of candidates that will oppose Yahoo's current nine directors in a showdown scheduled for an Aug. 1 shareholder vote. (article 4)
In separate letter to Yahoo shareholders, Icahn accused the incumbent board of being more interested in protecting its jobs than evaluating the merits of Microsoft's latest offer for Yahoo's online search operations. (article 4)
Investigators are planning to demand documents not only from Google and Yahoo, but also from other large companies in the Internet and media industries, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. (article 6)
Many institutional holders of Yahoo are likely to look to the recommendation by ISS or other proxy advisors for how to vote in the board of directors contest at the annual meeting. (article 5)
Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors landed its first endorsement from a major institutional shareholder Friday, giving it momentum in the fight with investor-agitator Carl Icahn over control of the Internet company. (article 3)
Icahn has allied with Microsoft Corp., arguing that the incumbent Yahoo board has been too reluctant to sell the Sunnyvale, Calif., company to the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant. (article 3)
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YAHOO, Icahn, Microsoft, board, Legg |
Source articles
- US-YAHOO (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 358 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/18/2008, 806 words)
- Major investor sides with Yahoo board (L.A. Times, 07/19/2008, 724 words)
- Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 920 words)
- Yahoo activist calls for board battle compromise (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 383 words)
- Google Ad Deal Is Under Scrutiny (Washington Post, 07/20/2008, 360 words)
- HaloSource raises $11.5M to expand (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/19/2008, 352 words)
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