Icahn has bid adieu to Yahoo. Months after publicly battling
management to sell the company to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), billionaire
activist investor Carl Icahn quietly
announced
his resignation from Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) board on Friday. The Deal
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details
on the MSFT-Yahoo! search deal and earnings.
Yahoo! had some honeyed
words for the departing activist, with chairman Roy Bostock writing that "Carl
has been an important member of our board and has helped us through some
significant transitions. We are all grateful for his active role in shaping the
future of Yahoo." But AllThingsDigital says the thoughts of Yahoo! execs, such
as CEO Carol Bartz (pictured), were
much
more sour. Bartz has even taken public jabs at Icahn, calling him just
another shareholder that did not have the power to fire her. -
Baz HiralalFor more, see Corporate Dealmaker
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