Icahn Again Skewers Yahoo

Investor Carl Icahn broadened his attacks on Yahoo today, targeting not only the recent failure of a Microsoft takeover deal but longtime performance issues, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Why did you permit Google to leave you in the dust?" he wrote to the board.

Icahn, now a major shareholder in Yahoo, is trying to replace the board of directors—and following that, CEO Jerry Yang with a more experienced executive, a model he noted worked well for Google. (More Yahoo stories.)