Last week, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was calling corporate raider Carl Icahn an inconsistent numbskull. This week, he's announcing that Icahn will join the board, and hailing his "fresh perspective." Jerry Yang deserves a pat on the back for coming to terms with the hostile investor; an ongoing fight would destroy the company he professed to love. But does he have to shred whatever is left of his credibility in the process? Here's a reminder of what Yahoo wrote about Icahn on its proxyfacts.yahoo.co....
Last week, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was calling corporate raider Carl Icahn an inconsistent numbskull. This week, he's announcing that Icahn will join the board, and hailing his " ... Discussion
Reuters - Yahoo's board members are
formally discussing Microsoft Corp's $42 billion
unsolicited offer for the company and have scheduled an
in-person meeting for next we ... Discussion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo's board members are formally discussing Microsoft Corp's $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company and have scheduled an in-person meeting for n ... Discussion
Yahoo's board of directors will speak today, but over the phone. An in-person board meeting won't take place until next Wednesday, BoomTown reports. Meanwhile, thanks to Silic ... Discussion
Angry parents packed a meeting, demanding explanations and apologies from Dysart Unified School District's governing board for nixing uniforms as the school year began. Discussion
BoomTown was blogging so manically from the Yahoo annual meeting, which took place in San Jose on Friday, I plum forgot to load up the video I did there.
No video was allowed ... Discussion
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Microsoft Corp. said Monday morning that it would be open to discussing a “major transaction” with Yahoo Inc. if the Web portal installs a new bo ... Discussion
In its first official reaction to the Zimbabwe issue, which tops the agenda for the ICC's annual meeting in Dubai next week, the Indian board has said it "would like to fully ... Discussion
Reuters - Influential shareholder adviser ISS
gave Morgan Stanley's John Mack a vote of confidence on
Thursday when it recommended reelection of the bank chairman
and the ... Discussion
