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Yahoo board finalised
Icahn gets his men 15 August 2008 13:17 GMT
Part of the deal that Yahoo made with billionaire investor, and once rebel shareholder, was that he could nominate three of his pals to the Yahoo board.

One dropped out but the two remaining businessmen have now been named and brought into the Yahoo board.
Shareholders vote to let Yahoo Yang keep his job ... just
Two-thirds vote to support CEO 6 August 2008 10:55 GMT
The details are now coming through from Yahoo's AGM, and they reveal exactly how close the company's top management came to losing their jobs.

Although the Yahoo board had acted weeks previously to placate one of their most vocal dissenting shareholders - Carl...
Yahoo AGM turns into slanging match
Angry shareholders voice dismay at failed Microsoft deal 4 August 2008 12:54 GMT
Carl Icahn, rebel shareholder and vocal billionaire, may have been placated, but Yahoo still faced dissent at its much-anticipated AGM on 1 August.

Angry investors turned up Yahoo's board in the meeting voicing their anger at how the two takeover bids from Microsoft...
Carl Icahn a no show for Yahoo AGM
Rebel shareholder not attending 1 August 2008 17:12 GMT
He has been the bane of Yahoo's existence ever since Microsoft launched a takeover bid for the internet company's search biz all of those months ago.

But now it seems billionaire investor, who owns a 5% stake in Yahoo, is content with his lot.

After...
Yahoo shareholder sells stake in disgust
Billionaire lashes out at "pathetic" management 30 July 2008 12:01 GMT
A Texan oil billionaire has sold all of his shares in Yahoo in protest at how the company has handled Microsoft's various bids to buy its search business.

Billionaire investor Thomas Boone Pickens spent millions of dollars buying up 10 million shares in Yahoo...
Microsoft says chance of Yahoo takeover now slim
And exec who led the talks has now left 26 July 2008 9:53 GMT
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief exec, has told journalists that his company is "done" with pursuing Yahoo, after two unsuccessful bids and months of wrangling.

"There's nothing under discussion between the two of us", Ballmer told investors. "We had a set of...
Yahoo does deal with rebel shareholder
Proxy battle averted 21 July 2008 16:59 GMT
Just last week Yahoo is warning its shareholders to stay away from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been putting mounting pressure on Yahoo's board to do a deal with Microsoft.

Well now Yahoo is adopting a different tack.

According to online...
Yahoo warns shareholders off supporting Carl Icahn
He offers a "significant risk to their investment" 18 July 2008 9:58 GMT
Earlier this week, there was a war of words between Yahoo, which had newly rejected yet another Microsoft buy-out bid, and the computing giant itself.

But now, in another letter published on its website, Yahoo has now turned its attention on billionaire investor...
VIDEO: Megawhat News - Intel unveils the Centrino 2 processor
The day's hottest headlines - in a video 15 July 2008 20:57 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: Intel unveils the Centrino 2 processor and Rock announces four laptops based on the...
VIDEO: Megawhat News - Yahoo rejects Microsoft ... again
All of Monday's headlines in a lovely little vid 15 July 2008 12:01 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: Yahoo rejects yet another Microsoft takeover bid; rumours of the Google gPhone and the...
Microsoft "sets the record straight" over Yahoo deal
Slanging match ensues 15 July 2008 10:04 GMT
Yesterday Yahoo told the world that it had rejected yet another Microsoft advance and also took a rather large pop at the computing giant.

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock wrote in a statement that an offer his company had had just 24 hours to consider had been rejected.
Yahoo rejects yet another Microsoft advance
Anyone else getting deja vu? 14 July 2008 11:39 GMT
Yahoo has yet again rejected a bid by Microsoft that would have seen its search engine absorbed by the computing giant.

But this time, the offer also included the proposal that billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, who has been buying up Yahoo shares, and vocally...
Yahoo attempts to quell shareholder rebellion
The drama continues... 7 July 2008 14:12 GMT
Are the talks between Yahoo on or off? Is there anything to the rumours that both parties are consulting with Time Warner's AOL?

So many questions and yet more rumours today.

Yahoo is apparently currently trying to come up with an appeasement package...
Are Microsoft and Yahoo talking again?
Shares rise on rumours 25 June 2008 9:58 GMT
We thought it was all over, Yahoo's execs thought the battle was won, but now it seems that talks with Microsoft may be back on.

There have been stories aplenty that Yahoo is in disarray facing a shareholder mutiny over the failed takeover talks (round II) and...
Microsoft reveals exactly what Yahoo turned down
All the dirty details published 14 June 2008 11:44 GMT
Yahoo has now resolutely walked away from talks with Microsoft ending (probably) a saga that has been rumbling on since February.

Yahoo stated on Friday that it had turned down Microsoft's revised bid to buy its search business.

In a statement,...
Yahoo sets date for Microsoft showdown
While Icahn plots to oust Yahoo CEO 4 June 2008 12:23 GMT
Yahoo is in for a fight with rebel shareholder, and investor billionaire Carl Icahn.

The web company, which still seems to be in talks with Microsoft over the sale of the search engine business, could have a battle on its hands according to new reports.
Yahoo Execs opposed Google ad deal
Until Microsoft came along... 3 June 2008 14:46 GMT
A coalition in the US is currently fighting the proposed ad sharing deal between Yahoo and Microsoft but court papers have revealed that Yahoo's own execs were also against the plan ... that is until Microsoft made its hostile bid.

Reuters has accessed court...
VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News
Our very own take on the big stories of the week in video 23 May 2008 17:55 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our round-up of the biggest news stories of the week; and what we thought of them in a nice, neat, and concise vid.

This week we tackle the Yahoo and Microsoft saga; whether mobile companies are ripping us off; the Government's...
Yahoo postpones crucial shareholder meeting
Moves to delay proxy battle 23 May 2008 10:58 GMT
A new deal may be on the table and things may look a little friendlier between Microsoft and Yahoo, but the web company is still fighting off billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

Icahn has been mobilising shareholders against the present Yahoo board in order to...
Microsoft Wants Yahoo search
And will become a minority stakeholder 21 May 2008 9:45 GMT
A source close to Microsoft and Yahoo has given some insight into the deal that is on the table after 3 months of wrangling, name-calling and threats.

Microsoft has proposed to buy Yahoo's search business but also wants to become a minority stakeholder.
Yahoo back in Microsoft talks
But it's a whole new deal on the table 19 May 2008 9:48 GMT
It seems that canny Carl Icahn has got his way, and Yahoo and Microsoft are again in talks.

The billionaire investor, who has threatened the Yahoo board with a proxy battle to force the team back into talks with Microsoft, will today be rubbing his hands at...
VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News
Our very own take on the big stories of the week in video 16 May 2008 17:00 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our round-up of the biggest news stories of the week; and what we thought of them in a nice, neat, and concise vid.

This week we tackle which retailer is Best Buy after next; is Icahn the man for Microsoft against Yahoo; is Google...
Yahoo execs line-up for proxy battle
Chairman tells Carl Icahn "bring it on" 16 May 2008 12:12 GMT
Yahoo is going to fight attempts to oust its board and force it back into talks with Microsoft.

The web company's chairman has written a strongly worded letter to Carl Icahn, the maverick billionaire who is heading up a proxy battle to appoint a Microsoft-friendly...