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Icahn Goes Hostile with Yahoo Again, Pushes for New Board
The Alpha Marketer | July 7th 2008
Microsoft back in play if Yahoo puts in new boardMicrosoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) again ramped up the pressure on Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang and the board, as they said if activist investor Carl Icahn is able to get a new board at the company, they& read more
Microsoft open to Yahoo deal with an alternate board
Technology, Business and Finance news from around the globe | July 7th 2008
“While of course there can be no assurance of a future transaction, we will be prepared to enter into discussions immediately after Yahoo!’s shareholder meeting if a new board is elected” - Microsoft Microsoft Corp. today issued a pres read more
Yahoo Enters Merger Talks With Time-Warner
Simple Thoughts | July 7th 2008
Yahoo! spent the July 4 weekend in discussions with its lead adviser, Goldman Sachs, and potential bid partners including Time Warner in a desperate bid to defend itself from shareholders meeting on August 1 to vote on whether to re-elect their board read more
Silicon Alley Insider Reckon Jerry Yang and Sue Decker Are Toast
Pundit Watch - Track Predictions Made By A-list Pundits | July 3rd 2008 by Nigel Eccles
Image via Wikipedia Silicon Alley Insider are predicting that Jerry Yang and Sue Decker are on their way out. Specifically: The board is considering replacing Jerry Yang and Sue Decker, who have lost the confidence of investors and employees. The &# read more
Jerry Yang’s Investor Presentation
Pop Digerati | July 3rd 2008
Here’s the link to the presentation Yang will be making on August 1, 2008. In summary, his presentation will address four key areas: Support the current board of directors Provide details of the Microsoft discussions Clarify benefits of read more
Breaking up is hard to do . . if you do it!
Technorobi | July 2nd 2008
Well, the WSJ is reporting today that Microsoft has reached out to several other media companies (read conglomerates) to discuss going after all of Yahoo, so Microsoft can get their much desired search business.A lot that needs to happen, but I guess read more
When is a circle not a circle?
Technorobi | June 30th 2008
When it is a square, and that is Jerry Yang.Interesting article from ars technica talking about how badly Yang wants a Microsoft deal. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080629-jerry-yang-is-out-of-choices-and-he-wants-microsoft.htmlNo surprise read more
Communautarisme : Tolérance ou division?
Stupeur! Un nouveau départ!!! | June 27th 2008 by Amine KOCHLEF
Ce matin en consultant mon lecteur RSS, j’ai vu qu’une nouvelle note à été écrite sur le blog officiel de Yahoo, le blog sur lequel Jerry Yang et David Filo écrivent les informations concernant les nouveaux produits et a travers lequ read more
Stock Watch for Today : YHOO
SEO and Tech Daily | June 26th 2008 by Charlie Anzman
By all accounts, Sue Decker will be announcing the much anticipated reorganization plan for Yahoo! later today.With the stock at almost pre-Microsoft-offer prices this week, it will be interesting to see the investor community and shareholder reactio read more
Search deal with Google over Microsoft: Yahoo’s Roy Bostock and…
Product Reviews Net | June 26th 2008
Its been some time now since we had all the statements flying back and forth from Yahoo and Microsoft over the possible purchase of Yahoo, today we are hearing that Yahoo has issued a letter to its shareholders to explain why they have made recent de read more
Yahoo writes love letter to shareholders, begs for forgiveness
Webtribution.com - Web 2.0, Social Media and Online Marketin… | June 25th 2008
Yahoo sent a letter to its shareholders explaining its recent decisions, with a focus on why they let the Microsoft deal slip away and the rational behind signing with Google. However, the obvious underlying motive of the letter is to garner support read more
Do-it-yourself Yahoo Resignation Letter
Webtribution.com - Web 2.0, Social Media and Online Marketin… | June 21st 2008
Just came across the funniest website I have a seen in a long time. Yahoorezinr.com is a do-it-yourself Yahoo! resignation letter…yup all you have to do is pick who you want to send it to, what you want to say and sign your name. Then you just read more
Yahoo Execs Start Jumping Ship
FeedTheBull | June 18th 2008 by FeedTheBull
San Jose Mercury News reports that Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield are the latest in a string of executive resignations at Yahoo! Inc. Among the executives who have left or will leave soon are Jeff Weiner, the executive vice pre read more
TechCrunch Says Jerry Yang Is Leaving The Building
Pundit Watch - Track Predictions Made By A-list Pundits | June 17th 2008 by Nigel Eccles
After the collapse of the Microsoft bid and Yahoo’s stock it seems like every blogger and his dog is after Jerry Yang’s head. Even the New York times has waded in telling Yang “if I were a betting man, I would be taking odds that yo read more
What Next for Yahoo!
escapework.net - we all need to escape | June 15th 2008 by escapework
So with Jerry Yang finally driving the nail in the coffin of the Microsoft takeover, it looks like he may have driven the nail in his own casket too. An article in the New York Times has condemned Yang’s actions (and incidently questioned his F read more
Yahoo ! and Google's advertisement deal
Its all about the world | June 13th 2008 by srini
Yahoo's! efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft have reached a dead end, prompting the online search leader Google to handle some of its advertising sales.With Microsoft apparently out of the picture, Yahoo is turning to Google t read more
Yahoo and Google Join Forces With Executive Connections
NewsVisual | June 13th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) made a move to partner with Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) in the wake of Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ: MSFT) failed takeover attempt. Despite offering a sizeable premium over the share price read more
Another day, another disaster
Technorobi | June 13th 2008
So, with the news out, it definitely seems that Yahoo has found itself all alone in the world. Well, that isn't exactly true, but it is more true that you can imagine.First, it has lost its frienemy Microsoft. In fact, I am pretty sure that Yahoo t read more
So too, goes the Micro . . . .
Technorobi | June 12th 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo merger conversations have completely fallen apart, according to the WSJ, featured here on Yahoo Finance! (how appropriate) http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080612/markets_stocks_yahoo.html?.v=1 read more
Yahoogle - Yahoo to pass the search over to Google?
Technorobi | June 12th 2008
TechCrunch is reporting that a new partnership between Google and Yahoo is being announced later this afternoon . . not confirmed by either party, this will definitely change what happens at Yahoo! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/12/googleyahoo-a read more
Glassdoor Opens Up: Makes Salaries, Company Culture Transparent
LATEST TECHNOLOGIES | June 12th 2008 by Siva Prasad
Of course you'd love to know what that Google engineer makes. But the idea behind Glassdoor, a startup which launched in public beta on Wednesday at 12:01 AM EDT, is more than just that. In addition, the site wants you to review your company, and let read more
Looking for a big salary? See what this start-up has to say
PaulSpoerry.com | June 11th 2008 by Paul Spoerry
Glassdoor’s data shows Yahoo’s Jerry Yang became very unpopular May 14. Soon after May 14, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s approval rating among an admittedly small group of Yahoo employees tanked. Not surprisingly, that was the day word sp read more
Why StumbleUpon is Awesome
Go, Blog! | June 9th 2008 by Javier
Powered by Bookmarkify™ WARNING: SHAMELESS STUMBLEUPON PROFILE PROMOTION My StumbleUpon profile is http://technojavi.stumbleupon.com. If you actually visit that site, you will notice that I have already stumbled loads of blogs/sites(7, read more
Secret Microsoft-Yahoo Deal in The Works?
Exposing Business Headlines Everyday! | June 5th 2008 by Robert Barr
There's a Microsoft/Yahoo deal afoot. There is a deal brewing in Seattle and the valley I can just feel it. Microsoft is being too quite while Icahn is ranting and raving. Now ISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Secret Microsoft-Yahoo Deal in The Works?", read more
Jerry Yang and Yahoo’s internal suicide pact
Online Marketing Performance | June 4th 2008 by Scott McAndrew
A quote from Karen Donovan’s Wired article on Jerry Yang and his participation in a plot to undermine a successful Microsoft purchase of Yahoo (emphasis mine): …Yang was engineering a plan for a “massive employee walkout” in t read more
Jerry Yang’s Salary $1 - Yahoo Paid Too Much!
Exposing Business Headlines Everyday! | June 4th 2008 by Robert Barr
So Jerry Yang's salary is a dollar huh....Too much! I mean what was the point? What was Yahoo's point to bringing back a founder that was known more for the tech side of the business than the business side of the business? Now you are going to see a read more
Icahn Challenges Yang For Yahoo Control
NewsVisual | June 4th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace ) -- In his latest move to control Yahoo Inc's (NASDAQ: YHOO) Board of Directors, billionaire investor Carl Icahn has said that he is specifically striving for the removal of Jerry Yang in the CEO post.... read more
Next for Yahoo. Carl Icahn seeks to oust Yang
SEO and Tech Daily | June 3rd 2008 by Charlie Anzman
After the closing bell today, billionaire investor Carl Icahn made it clear (in an interview with the Wall St Journal), that he is pursuing his battle for control of Yahoo's board, with the clear intention of removing Jerry Yang as CEO of the company read more
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