Icahn and Yang Set to Square Off Over Yahoo's Future Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by Brian.oco … Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been engaged in talks with Icahn over the past several weeks. In an official statement from… of the board to green-light the Microsoft deal, Icahn also took issue with key Yahoo's executive departures in…again invite them to make a proposal immediately." If Icahn gets his way, then look for a Yahoo-Microsoft … Icahn, Yahoo Board Butt Heads Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Brian.oco …negotiate with Yahoo's current board." Parts of Icahn's letter were written in bolded capital letters, …would get a lucrative deal done with Microsoft. "Icahn told shareholders that he "strongly" believed …," says the Reuters dispatch. Whatever the case, Icahn is ticked off. He claims that Yahoo "distorted… Raider of the Lost Art: Icahn Moving on Yahoo Board? Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by Brian.oco …been following the career arch of corporate raider Carl Icahn for years. The billionaire investor specializes in buying up … "activist shareholder". Now, it looks like Icahn has set his scope on Yahoo. After CEO Jerry … to nominate an alternate slate to Yahoo’s board. Icahn, who has reportedly purchased 50 million shares of Yahoo,… Steve Ballmer Needs to Grow A Spine Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by EddieC …Yahoo shareholders[/URL] written by “activist investor” Carl Icahn that Ballmer expressed fears that the current Yahoo board… question. “If and when a transaction is consummated,” Icahn’s letter states of Ballmer’s acquisition logic, “Microsoft…continues “paying itself $10,000 per week,” asserts Icahn. He also takes the opportunity to slam Yahoo's… Microsoft Denies it Demanded Changes to Yahoo Governance Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by EddieC …its own words, including references to “activist investor” Carl Icahn: [i]"Among other things, the enhanced proposal for…! engage on a search transaction on terms Mr. Icahn believed Microsoft would be willing to accept and which… Microsoft understands Mr. Icahn had discussed with Yahoo!"[/i] Well that … Tech Stocks Weather the Storm, Yahoo Board, Shareholders Square Off Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by Brian.oco …, but the deal struck between Carl Icahn and Jerry Yang to place three Icahn cronies on the Yahoo board in exchange…steel-cage match mindset going into today's meeting. Hell, Icahn reportedly had no plans to even show up at the…turn into a media event for no purpose." wrote Icahn in a blog post Thursday. Still, early reports on the… Microsoft Finally Lands Yahoo Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by Brian.oco … new management team. Rumors also persist that corporate raider Carl Icahn may be pulling the strings on a Microsoft-Yahoo deal…. Icahn owns over 5.5% of all Yahoo stock – a stake… that Wall Street analysts peg at $850 million. Icahn was a vocal advocate of Yahoo accepting the original $47… Motorola: Is Breaking Up Hard To Do? Community Center by Brian.oco … at good, old Moto. Some analysts expect Motorola shareholder Carl Icahn to ramp up efforts to sell its cell phone business… its cell phone division. Shareholders want that to happen and Icahn, the second-largest shareholder at Motorola, is being particularly aggressive… Bailout Round-Up: Confessions of a Terrified Trader Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Brian.oco … directors met for the first time since activist investor Carl Icahn was granted access to the boardroom, according to the Financial… Times. No word on what role Icahn played in the move, and the Times' source says that… Halloween Scare: Five Weird, But Profitable, Internet & Media Stocks Community Center by Brian.oco … benefit. 5. Lion's Gate Films (LGF). Owned by Carl Icahn, Lion's Gate is a small film company with hits… Microsoft and Yahoo! Attempt to Kiss and Make Up Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Techwriter10 … may be that the matchmaker here ends up being Carl Icahn, of all people, who has brought pressure to bear upon… Microsoft to Yahoo: Drop Dead (Plus More on Chip Sector) Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by Brian.oco … Yahoo investors in the coming days, especially the cantankerous Carl Icahn - a vocal critic of Yang's management style. Says the… Three Questions On the Economy - Cell Phone Apps Ring Up Big VC Money Hardware and Software Hardware by Brian.oco … last Friday turned out to be anticlimactic. Firebrand shareholder Carl Icahn was a no-show, the Microsoft deal is officially off… Best and Worst of Tech in '08; HP Moves to Data Warehousing Hardware and Software Hardware by Brian.oco …. Dumbest investor in the valley is Yahoo rabble-rouser Carl Icahn, who has lost “a ton of money” in tech, she… Re: Microsoft Finally Lands Yahoo Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by scru Apparently Microsoft can afford to shell out $20 billion for Yahoo Search. They must be doing rather well :icon_confused: . Re: Microsoft Finally Lands Yahoo Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by tiger86 Microsoft can try to buy apple but I don't think steve jobs would budge. They could also try to buy Google.