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Yahoo!'s Yang Out, Board Selection Trumps New CEO Selection Yahoo! is reportedly on the prowl for new board directors, as shareholder activist Third Point LLC is increasing pressure to name its own competing slate.   |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2011
Dawn Kawamoto |
Jaguar Could Bag Research In Motion Soon Jaguar Financial has enough support from disgruntled investors to call a special meeting in the next three months to oust RIM's entire board of directors. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo Calls Microsoft Out on Bid Ultimatum Yahoo fires back at Microsoft for its 'counterproductive' letter threatening a proxy fight. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Doesn't Yahoo! Get a Say? Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft insist that only a new boardroom -- ideally populated by the slate of directors that Icahn is proposing -- will lead Microsoft to reopen acquisition talks with Yahoo!. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Icahn Handles the Truth at Yahoo! Carl Icahn has sold shares of struggling online giant Yahoo! in each of the past three trading days, enough to take his stake below 5%. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2009 |
Icahn Pushing Again for Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who made so much trouble for Yahoo last year, has spoken out in favor of a deal with Microsoft, which reportedly could be announced as early as this week. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2008 |
Yahoo Buys Some Breathing Room Yahoo extended its deadline to nominate board directors, gaining time to seek alternatives or negotiate friendlier terms to a $41.7 billion buyout offer from Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Ryan McBride |
Genzyme Borrows $1 Billion for Stock Buyback Notes will be sold this week. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Want This Power More and more investors agitate for the right to act by written consent. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Icahn and Biogen Kiss and Make Up He gets one more seat on the board, so what's next? |
InternetNews
January 13, 2009
David Needle |
Yahoo's Bartz Says Ready to 'Kick Some Butt' In her first comments since being appointed CEO, Carol Bartz comes out swinging against criticism she lacks relevant experience. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat. |
Search Engine Watch
August 6, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Woohoo for Yahoo Even after the vote re-count, a majority of shareholders voted Yahoo's board in, and Carl Icahn settled for the right to propose two board seats and a spot for himself. At the end of the day, what's more important than rebuilding the Web's biggest brand? |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Icahn Girds for Biogen Battle The activist investor officially launches his bid to usurp Biogen's board of directors. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
From Yahoo! With Love Yahoo!'s CEO reaches out to shareholders with an update. They wanted answers. Unfortunately, they're only walking away with even more questions. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2008
David Needle |
Yang Out as Yahoo's CEO Yahoo said its board of directors has initiated a search for a new CEO to replace Jerry Yang. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2011
Jonathan Chen |
Are the Lights About to Go On at Yahoo!? An upgrade may signal that a buyout is near. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2008 |
Yahoo, Microsoft Bid Talk Heating Up As a three-week deadline set by Microsoft arrives, Yahoo responds. Ballmer also hints at hostility to come. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Icahn, the Turncoat Who cares why he changed his position about Yahoo?'s board? Just be happy that he did. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Proxy Fights 101 How shareholder skirmishes are transforming Wall Street. It's smart to understand how proxy fights work, but don't assume they're a good system for investing. Proxy battles often target struggling companies with volatile stocks. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Yahoo! Tries to Fend off Unwanted Advances Yahoo! has extended the deadline for nominating directors for this year's annual shareholder vote. The change is meant to reduce the distraction of a proxy battle in case Microsoft decides to go hostile with an unwelcome bid. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Shareholders Blast Yahoo Over Microsoft Bid Yahoo said that seven shareholder groups have filed lawsuits against the company's board of directors since Microsoft announced its unsolicited bid to take over the company. |
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
David Needle |
Bartz Talks Yahoo's Execution Challenge Yahoo's CEO gives a peek at some of the Web giant's next steps and how she came to join the company in the first place. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Yahoo! Be Taken Seriously? Yahoo! finds itself in an awkward position in its negotiations with Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo! Casts a Wider Net Yahoo! announces several new deals, including two with Wal-Mart and CBS, all geared toward broadening the company's advertising reach. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009
Jena McGregor |
Board Shakeups Made Easier New law gives shareholders more power. Delaware entities will have to put shareholder nominees on the proxy and reimburse successful campaigns. The SEC and the Senate have new regs in store, too. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2008
Brian Lawler |
He Said, Biogen Said Pharmaceutical Biogen Idec's battle with Carl Icahn is coming to a head. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2008 |
Shareholder Steps Into Microsoft-Yahoo Fray: Report Legg Mason may back Yahoo if Microsoft lowers its bid. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2010
Ryan McBride |
Genzyme Annual Meeting Remarkably Mundane, Despite Rocky Year Genzyme's annual meeting was over in about an hour, and although the company took some hard questions from a shareholder, it appears that chairman and CEO Henri Termeer and the rest of the company's directors were easily reelected to serve on the board of directors. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bored of Directors at Yahoo! Carl Icahn has Yahoo!'s board in his crosshairs. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Cancel the Clowns: Icahn Avoids a Circus The billionaire investor backs down from a fight. He withdrew his slate of candidates to join Genzyme's board yesterday. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2012
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo!'s Yang Hangs Up His Purple Cape Yahoo!'s iconic co-founder moves on. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
More Women Than You Think It's better to focus on the strides women have made into the corporate boardroom rather than on more depressing data. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Plays Hard Ballmer Microsoft's pointed missive over the weekend -- which puts Yahoo! on the clock to accept its buyout bid within three weeks -- is a flare that some in the media have mistaken for a warning shot. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2011
Tim Hanson |
Why Jack Ma Should Buy Yahoo! Alibaba Group should make a bid. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Icahn's Next Target Activist investor Carl Icahn has decided to nominate a slate of five directors for the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, of which he owns 8.3%. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why Yahoo! Is Doomed The search giant returns fire at Carl Icahn's board nominations -- but hits itself. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Unwelcome Guests at ImClone ImClone's board of directors votes against Carl Icahn's proposed removal of six company directors. Short-term shareholders that are able to cash out with Icahn, will possibly have a nice gain to take home. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 19, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Activist Board Members Increase Firm's Market Value Public company shareholders have long complained that corporate boards don't always act in the best interest of their investors. But does the addition of a shareholder-sponsored board member increase the market value of the firm? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Rich Smith |
The Icahn Man Cometh Morning business briefs: Carl Icahn makes a play for Yahoo!'s board... Merck wins a Vioxx lawsuit in Texas... Interpreting recent inflation data... |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Icahn Bares His Teeth, Craig's Cyst, and 5 Stocks Approaching Greatness Can Craigslist delete eBay? Will Icahn deliver for Microsoft? These questions are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Yahoo!'s Parts Are Greater Than Their Sum Yahoo! has some valuable assets. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2001
Patrick S. McGurn |
Internet Spurs Shareholder Activism While dissident challenges are nothing new, the Internet is changing the rules of engagement. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Magyer & Moscovitz |
Let's Fix Board Elections Part of an ongoing series about the Shareholder Bill of Rights currently in Congress. In this article, board elections. Whom will you pick to run the ship? |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Mentor Could Use Some Guidance Is the company looking to preserve shareholder interest or management paychecks? |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Icahn Back to Batter Biogen The old guy has tenacity. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Welcome to Proxy Fight Club Despite their downsides, proxy wars represent an important part of shareholder rights. |
