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Yahoo! buildup to Aug. 1 (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On the Icahn-Microsoft Corp. alliance, or "marriage of convenience": Bostock and Yang say "Icahn has made it clear that his only objective is to sell part or all of Yahoo! to Microsoft. That fact, combined with his lack of an operating plan going forward, means that he will have no leverage to negotiate a fair deal...

Posted on July 17, 2008 3:06 PM

Microhoogle recap, May 23: Page gets political (from Corporate Dealmaker)

There's been a lot going on between Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc. So here's a Microhoogle recap. The two outcomes most talked about are search advertising deals, wherein Yahoo! would connect with either MSFT or Google. ComScore Inc. just reported nearly 62% of searches performed in the...

Posted on May 23, 2008 10:21 AM

Yahoo! responds to Icahn proxy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Yahoo! Inc. chairman Roy Bostock, "looking forward to a productive dialogue," wrote a letter directed at billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, saying Icahn misunderstood how the $47.5 billion Microsoft Corp. bid was handled. On Thursday, Icahn unveiled his list of ten nominees for the Yahoo! board in order to...

Posted on May 16, 2008 8:55 AM

Frank Biondi on Icahn's proxy list for Yahoo! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Yahoo! Inc. upset shareholders because of the way it handled Microsoft Corp.'s now retracted $47.5 billion offer. Now Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang is stuck looking for other strategic options to appease the dissidents. An alliance with Google Inc. may not get antitrust approval as that would give Yahoogle!, which recently...

Posted on May 15, 2008 9:12 AM

Icahn waits, Circuit City looks for white knight (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Video retail chain Blockbuster Inc. has been cutting costs and raising prices in order to turn its business around, forecasting first-quarter net income of $30 million, according to Deal Journal. CEO Jim Keyes seems to think spending $1 billion on Circuit City Stores Inc. will help the cause. The mini-saga...

Posted on May 9, 2008 3:35 PM

The deal evaluators (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In September, the board of New York-based financial services firm MONY Group Inc. embraced a $2.3 billion acquisition offer from Axa SA, France's largest insurer. The decision infuriated some MONY shareholders, who mounted a proxy campaign, blasting the low sales price, the lack of an auction process and a...

Posted on February 15, 2004 5:26 PM