just before the 2008 shareholders meeting. He came, he kinda sorta conquered and now he's left. Investor Carl Icahn, who stirred up investors during the Microsoft acquisition attempt, quit Yahoo! s Board of Directors on Friday.
Board Investor Carl Icahn wasn't happy with Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's generous offer, so he threatened a hostile takeover of his own for the annual shareholders meeting. But just before the meeting occurred, a deal was struck.
Now the investor group is continuing its support of Yahoo and plans to vote for the current board at the upcoming August 1 shareholders meeting. In April, before Microsoft's ultimatum for Yahoo to accept its bid came to pass, Legg Mason threw its...
Time Warner is reportedly seeking a deal with Microsoft prior to the fast-approaching August 1 Yahoo shareholders meeting. Yahoo Networks came in second at 160 million, while Google came in third at 152 million.
First up, Yahoo has set an August 1, 2008 date for its postponed shareholders meeting. The news came in the wake of unsealed court documents claiming Yang had not given serious consideration to Microsoft's offer.
The capitulation to the Chinese government;s demands of censoring information about protest has many activists protesting, including shareholders. The UK Times recently wrote a piece about "Google and the threat to free speech" and mentioned the...
Google shareholders meeting. Didn't want to listen to the webcast of Google's first shareholders day last week? Search it was amazing to me how three or four different reporters I talked with came away thinking it was all search.
