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- Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search deal
- Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search dealYahoo needs or Icahn needs??Please, lets be very clear. Icahn need the MS deal to make $$$ on the sale.He has absolutely no interest in Yahoo or the company's long term survival. His only interest is in himself. He...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-29
- Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break even
- Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break evenIt's AT&T YahooWall Street is a freeloader scam.Full of idiots who don't earn a living ...... and expect to get money for free because they, ummm, already have money.Losers.
- Tags: Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next moveWho would want the job is a better question.Why would anyone want to take on this job? I'm sure it pays more than I currently make, but look at how they treated Yang. Would you expect to be treated any better?Personally, I never...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Yang, Pondering Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out
- Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called outI suspect Icahn......is building a powerbase and sounding out the money men before sharpening his dagger.RE: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called outIf you believe in the Yahoo brand and product for the long-term, $10 per share is a great buying opportunity.Andy...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Icahn board, board
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Yahoo's board to meet: Will Icahn's gang make a difference?
- Yahoo's board to meet: Will Icahn's gang make a difference?Google rules!There is no way Yahoo will ever "catch-up" to Google though I do not care for some of Googles tracking practices. It appears that Yahoo just keeps falling on their own sword. Yahoo early IM was great and...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Google Inc., board
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Icahn: I'm not showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meeting
- Icahn: I'm not showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meetingBig surpriseIf anyone thought he actually had any ideas about how to run things, this should set you straight.Now that he can't manipulate a couple quarterly results and sell high, he's going to step back and not turn things into a media...
- Tags: Icahn, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Beyond the Icahn-Yahoo honeymoon
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his take on the agreement between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo. He says the latest development only settles the proxy fight, and now comes the big challenge--getting Yahoo's newly expanded board to work together.
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz Memo, Diaz, Yahoo, Icahn
- Videos 2008-07-21
- Icahn says he can't
- Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can’t. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...
- Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home pageStock Tip: Get out of Legg Mason fundsTime to put down the crack pipe Legg Mason."We would prefer that the company and Mr. Icahn reach a mutual agreement on the composition of the Board and end this disruptive...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Legg Mason Inc., Icahn, board, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer
- Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termerYahoo's BOD is desperate to save face in light......of their mistake of not selling to MS at $33/share. CNN announced today that Yahoo is now willing to sell at $33/share if Microsoft would offer it to them again.Yahoo's BOD messed up bad. All this "short termer"...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer
- Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offerAre the days of $30+ per share gone?Microsoft may be willing to contribute to Mr. Icahn's effort with an offer that was going to be refused, but it's still uncertain whether any final agreement to buy Yahoo would reach the per share...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft IT, Icahn, Microhoo, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'
- Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-07-13
- Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior
- Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behaviorCorrect me if I'm wrongFrom what I understand, MS has [b]zero[/b] power over Yahoo stockholders. MS made an offer, the board rejected it, and some major stockholders believe the board made a mistake. To say MS and Icahn are...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Now Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Arrington, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Michael Arrington, board
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms
- Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Micro$oft, board, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Confirms, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board
- Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...
- Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders
- Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholdersCome on Yahoo!Show the money grabbers that the company is worth more than M$'s dollars!Yahoo should just DIAF... I'm almost sure this will go down as a huge failure of fiduciary duty of the board towards the shareholders . Also, Who would...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Microhoo talks on again--or not
- Microhoo talks on again--or notCould be someone trying to raiseYahoo's stock price before they sell.This just in: [i]Reuters - CNBC says no deal "whatsoever" on the table between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, citing unnamed sources.Copyright 2008 Reuters[/i]This is getting downright dysfunctionalMaybe something like the alcoholic who just has to...
- Tags: Benefits, Financial accounting, Investment, Sue Decker, Yahoo! Inc., Microhoo, Icahn, Yang
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?
- Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?Icahn's here, Yang is gone and Microsoft will own...Yahoo before the end of the year.RE: Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?This guy is unbelievable to say the least! It seems that every decision Mr. Yang has made is for the benefit of Mr. Yang's ego,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yang, Does Jerry, Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- News to know: Google-Yahoo; Twitter; IE8; Cable follies
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake? Icahn's plan goes kaput as Microsoft talks end Garett Rogers: Microsoft and Yahoo stop talking, and Google wins Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo says it won't sell its search biz to Microsoft...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cable, Twitter, Icahn, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Workforce Management, Hacking, Security, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
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