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- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand
- Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concerns
- That didn't take long. Two days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a three-week acquisition ultimatum to Yahoo's board, Yahoo answered with its own letter. Signed by CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman of Yahoo Board Roy Bostock, the Yahoo letter reiterated that Yahoo feels Microsoft's $44 billion...
- Tags: Antitrust, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost
- Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...
- Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
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- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
- Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- 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
- Market disconnects
- Market disconnectsLootoI remember a few years back, the state Lotto was over $100 million. An investor firm wanted to buy one ticket for every number (at the time, about 20 million numbers). They went to the state and asked to purchase the 20 million tickets. The state came back and...
- Tags: Investment, trader, Warren Buffet, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Market disconnects
- Last November 12th, the day of the 1:4 reverse stock split, Sun's shares closed at $20.33 for a market cap of around $15.7 billion. Six months later, on May 12th, they closed at $13.42 for a market cap of about $10.3 billion - a 34% decrease over...
- Tags: Shareholder, Market Capitalization, Trader, Sun Microsystems Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time?
- Updated with Yahoo response, more on potential search deal: Microsoft on Sunday issued a statement that opens the door to a partnership with Yahoo, but not an acquisition. Now Microsoft is talking some sense Techmeme. The 20-second version of this Microhoo drama so far....
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Decision Matrix, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?Mark Cuban - Time Traveller and MastermindMark Cuban "founded Broadcast.com in 1005 and sold it to Yahoo in July 1999". HOLY %&*! Mark Cuban not only travelled back to 1005, but he also registered a domain and started an internet company...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, Financial accounting, Gordon Gekko, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?
- Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?Leave it BeHey Icahn, leave it be. Yahoo has always been a healthy dose of competition for the likes of Microsoft. You, on the other hand, are just plain overly greedy. The world mostly wants it's Yahoo just the way it is... and NOT...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Web technology, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo bid back, Yahoo Bid
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?
- Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?Yes butThis is a constant refrain. The short termism we see dominates the way tech companies behave.. It's dark side is what happens when companies get over awed eg i2. I'm glad so many of the newbies are not looking for exits...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, sway, technology sector, shareholder, stock
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- SAP CEO: Ballmer should have bought Yahoo
- SAP CEO: Ballmer should have bought YahooMS shouldn't be allowed to buy any big companiesThey should get their own house in order first, release worthwhile OS's, and put an end to their sick anti-competitive bullying.The world needs free markets and competition to thrive, not one huge monopoly.The more MS can...
- Tags: INTERNET, Kagermann, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs
- Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan BsOther winners include1) Office chairs producers2) The free marketsRE: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan BsGoogle is a winner? Uh no. Google has been intefering with this deal from the beginning and should be put...
- Tags: advertisement, audio track, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Plan B
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from Yahoo
- Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from YahooTo quote the old westerns......"if you're going to shoot, shoot". I agree that Ballmer's most recent comments are mere posturing. If he wanted to walk away which he should do, he would have done it already.Hard to say really...If MS...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., BALLMER STILL, stock
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: MoraleCan you please point to the timesThat Yahoo has made a loss in the past few years?And what makes you think any lawsuits against Yahoo is going to succeed? In the spirit of your cloud cuckoo land, I'd say it's more likely...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., morale, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results
- Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial resultsWhat's going on?Apple has just released successful results that ordinarily exist only in someone's business fantasies. They exceed their own targets and Analysts estimates in ever product category, and are poised for unprecedented major software and hardware introductions this year. They have amassed...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Notebooks, financial, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Yahoo goes nuclear vs. Microsoft: Inks limited Google ad deal; Microsoft fires back
- Update: Yahoo hit that big red button that could nuke any potential merger with Microsoft or at least raise the price: An ad deal with Google. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo has launched plans to carry search advertising from Google. The move is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
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