Chipmaker Microchip Technology Inc. [MCHP] took its ongoing pursuit of Atmel Corp. [ATML] to another level on Wednesday, announcing it would be running a slate of candidates for Atmel's board...
International Rectifier Corp. [IRF] on Tuesday issued a scathing reply to Vishay Intertechnology Inc.'s [VSH] $23 a share, $1.7 billion tender offer made on Monday, saying in a letter to its...
Vishay Intertechnology [VSH] on Monday said it is pushing ahead with its $23 a share, $1.7 billion tender offer for power management component maker International Rectifier Corp. [IRF]. Vishay earlier...
After its previous $21.22 per share, $1.6 billion offer to acquire International Rectifier Corp. [IRF] was rejected Aug. 29, Vishay Intertechnology Inc. [VSH] took another look at the numbers, felt around...
Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] is poised to announce the final two candidates for its board of directors by Friday, filling out its 11-member board with two people from investor Carl Icahn's...
Last Friday's shareholder meeting went about as well as it possibly could for Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO]. Other than some caustic comments from company agitator Eric Jackson, who called for chairman Roy Bostock to...
The Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] shareholder meeting has begun, but anyone looking for some fisticuffs may be disappointed. No soccer hooligans were hanging in the lobby of the ritzy Fairmont Hotel in...
It's tough to get too revved up for Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] shareholder meeting, which takes place in San Jose, Calif., later today. Most of the suspense was taken away July 21,...
A resolution in the potential acquisition of semiconductor equipment company Asyst Technologies Inc. [ASYT] by Aquest Systems Corp. and private equity firm Gores Group LLC probably is not going to happen...
The potential for fireworks has been all but snuffed out of Yahoo! Inc.'s [YHOO] shareholder meeting now that the company and Carl Icahn have declared at least a temporary truce. But...
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