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Yahoo's Yang Years

The web portal's searching for the right formula to get its stock back on track

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June 2008
- MySpace Takes Aim at Yahoo
  
  BusinessWeek | Jun 13, 08 2:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Myspace is retooling itself to become a more direct competitor to web portals, specifically Yahoo, BusinessWeek reports. Starting Wednesday, the popular social networking site will unveil changes to its homepage such as news headlines, local weather apps, and entertainment links. More »
- Yahoo and Google: It's All Up to Yang
  
  CNET | Jun 13, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As Yahoo and Google prepare for a new search-ad deal, it’s all up to CEO Jerry Yang, writes Charles Cooper for CNET. Will Yang be the next Steve Jobs, pulling a struggling company back to the spotlight—or will he fade like his Yahoo predecessors? The afreement "may turn out to be a clever move if it fosters the two companies' respective strength in search and display advertising," Cooper writes. More »
- Yahoo Strikes Deal With Google on Search Ads
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 12, 08 8:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo struck a deal today with Google to display its rival's search ads, just hours after announcing the end of talks with Microsoft on a possible merger, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal with Google, which still faces months of federal scrutiny, could bring in $800 million a year for Yahoo and have a profound effect on Internet advertising. More »
- Microsoft, Yahoo End Talks, Rule Out Merger
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 12, 08 3:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Looks like a Microsoft-Yahoo marriage is off—for good this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a meeting last weekend, Microsoft representatives stated “unequivocally” that the software giant was not interested in purchasing all of Yahoo for any price. Yahoo then ruled out an alternative of selling Microsoft only its search business. More »
- Icahn: Yahoo Poison Pill 'Reprehensible'
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 9:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn yesterday called Yahoo’s poison-pill severance plan, designed to deter hostile takeovers, “reprehensible,” the Wall Street Journal reports, but Yahoo said the measure would kick in if Icahn wins control of the board. "Now they found a way to entrench themselves forever," Icahn said, even as a shareholder group went to court to block the plan. More »
- Icahn Again Skewers Yahoo
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 9, 08 1:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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. More »
- Yahoo Chair Hits Back at Icahn
  
  New York Times | Jun 5, 08 9:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The chairman of Yahoo's board was quick to fire back at accusations leveled by Carl Icahn yesterday, reports the New York Times . An open letter from Roy Bostock to the corporate raider said Icahn's claim that Yahoo's board had sabotaged a Microhoo deal grossly distorted the board's position, and went on to trash Icahn's "puzzling" plans for Yahoo. More »
- Icahn to Yang: I've Got Your Pink Slip
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 4, 08 6:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants Jerry Yang out of Yahoo's CEO seat, and has a pink slip waiting if his proxy action to take over the board is successful, reports the Wall Street Journal . Icahn yesterday unleashed a torrent of criticism of Yang’s role in the aborted Microsoft buyout deal—even as a January 2007 $40-a-share offer came to light this week—and says the software giant no longer trusts Yang. More »
- Yahoo Planned Huge Worker Walkout: Lawsuit
  
  Portfolio | Jun 2, 08 9:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo planned to pay all 14,000 workers to quit if Microsoft bought the company in a recent takeover bid, a lawsuit unsealed today claims. The shareholder complaint blasts execs for burying Microsoft's $1.5 billion offer to workers, and rejecting a $40-per-share offer last year. Yahoo tried to stop the unsealing, which revealed internal talks and private emails, Portfolio reports. More »
May 2008
- Feds Approve Icahn's Yahoo Stock Buys
  
  MarketWatch | May 30, 08 2:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Federal Trade Commission gave Carl Icahn approval to purchase additional chunks of Yahoo stock, part of the activist investor's plan to gain control of the company's board and perhaps force a sale, MarketWatch reports. Icahn already owns 59 million Yahoo shares and options and is reportedly seeking 93 million more (a $2.5 billion value). More »
- Yahoo Postpones Boardroom Showdown
  
  Forbes | May 23, 08 9:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo has pushed back its annual shareholder meeting for a second time, reports Forbes , delaying a showdown for control of its board. One of Yahoo's 10 directors resigned yesterday, leaving nine up for re-election at the meeting. Carl Icahn has nominated an alternate slate of directors, including himself, and will try to push through a deal with Microsoft if victorious. More »
- Google Readies Defense of Yahoo Ad Deal
  
  New York Times | May 22, 08 9:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An advertising deal between Google and Yahoo is certain to stir the Justice Department’s antitrust division into action, no matter what the two do to address concerns, experts anticipating a partnership between the two Internet leaders tell the New York Times . Google says a deal would simply be a supply matter, with parallels in other industries. More »
- Why Yahoo Should Sell— Before Microsoft Wakes Up
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 20, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo needs to sell to Microsoft, or it’ll wind up a cautionary tale, writes Dennis Berman in the Wall Street Journal. Yahoo currently trades at 48 times earnings—for comparison, GE trades at 15 times earnings, and Google at 33, even though both are growing faster than Yahoo’s sad 9% rate. Lagging in growth isn’t a recipe for success: just ask AOL. More »
- Microsoft Aims for Yahoo's Search Ad Biz
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 19, 08 9:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft's new offer to Yahoo includes breaking up the company and buying its search-advertising business, notions that have left Yahoo execs cold, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets and let Microsoft buy a minority stake in what's left of the company. More »
- Microsoft, Yahoo in Talks for Partial Buyout
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 18, 08 4:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft is back at Yahoo's bargaining table, this time seeking a partial acquisition of the Internet portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Buyout talks fizzled earlier this month, but billionaire Carl Icahn's push for a proxy war has left Yahoo honchos feeling shareholder pressure to cut a deal, though today they warned one may not happen. More »
- Yahoo Says Icahn Doesn't Understand Full Picture
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 15, 08 9:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hours after Carl Icahn began his quest to take over Yahoo’s board, the company issued a statement saying he has a "significant misunderstanding" of the recent Microsoft purchase offer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn wants to unseat the current Yahoo board, replace it with one of his own, and force the company to try to forge a deal with Microsoft. More »