http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSun, 07 Sep 2008 8:52:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32954/deal-puts-icahn-on-yahoo-board.html?refid=rss_all_defaultYahoo will add two seats to its board of directors and put Carl Icahn in one of them, reports the Wall Street Journal, in a deal that ends Icahn’s proxy fight. Eight of Yahoo’s current board members, including CEO Jerry Yang, will keep their seats, while a ninth will resign. The board will select two members of Icahn’s proxy slate to fill his seat, and the newly created one.http://www.newser.com/story/32954/deal-puts-icahn-on-yahoo-board.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 21 Jul 2008 7:10:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32837/yahoo-takes-icahn-fight-to-homepage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new button on Yahoo's homepage links users to the company's case against activist investor Carl Icahn, PC World reports. Icahn is seeking to unseat Yahoo's board at its Aug. 1 general meeting. The page links to voting forms and leaves shareholders in no doubt how the company thinks they should vote: A purple banner carries the Icahn quote, "It's hard to understand these technology companies."http://www.newser.com/story/32837/yahoo-takes-icahn-fight-to-homepage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 Jul 2008 7:43:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32616/microsoft-meets-with-aol-to-explore-possible-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMicrosoft will sit down today with executives from Time Warner's AOL to explore a joint venture between the two companies, reports the Wall Street Journal. The software giant is looking for alternatives to its failed Yahoo buyout. Microsoft and Time Warner have been considering a deal for months, though no specifics have been ironed out. Yahoo, meanwhile, is pursuing its own talks with AOL as it fights off a hostile takeover attempt led by Carl Icahn.http://www.newser.com/story/32616/microsoft-meets-with-aol-to-explore-possible-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Jul 2008 14:55:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32569/sparks-fly-as-yahoo-microsoft-take-to-hill.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCongressional hearings on Yahoo's proposed ad deal with Google got a little heated yesterday, with a Microsoft lawyer testifying that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang recently admitted, in a private meeting, that the pact would reduce competition, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yahoo’s general counsel said he recalled no such remarks at the meeting, and a spokesman later swatted the charge aside.http://www.newser.com/story/32569/sparks-fly-as-yahoo-microsoft-take-to-hill.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Jul 2008 9:23:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32316/yahoo-snubs-microsoft-icahn-takeover-bid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultYahoo has rejected another takeover push, this time from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The bidders gave the Internet giant less than 24 hours to decide on an offer that would sell its search component to Microsoft and the rest of the company to Icahn in a move that would have required Yahoo to dump its current board.http://www.newser.com/story/32316/yahoo-snubs-microsoft-icahn-takeover-bid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 13 Jul 2008 5:55:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31983/yang-slams-destabilizing-microsoft-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultYahoo CEO Jerry Yang launched a fresh offensive in the Yahoo-Microsoft war of words yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal . Microsoft has said it would be interested in reopening merger talks if Yahoo's current board was replaced—but the Yahoo co-founder accuses the company of tactics to destabilize Yahoo without any real interest in cutting a deal.http://www.newser.com/story/31983/yang-slams-destabilizing-microsoft-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 09 Jul 2008 1:37:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31841/oil-drops-but-rally-fades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe markets saw modest losses today after a rally spurred by a drop in crude prices sputtered over capital concerns at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, MarketWatch reports. The Dow fell 56.58 to 11,231.96, the Nasdaq dropped 2.06 to 2,243.32, and the S&P 500 fell 10.59 to 1,252.31.http://www.newser.com/story/31841/oil-drops-but-rally-fades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 07 Jul 2008 15:37:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31819/icahn-microsoft-will-only-negotiate-with-me.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCarl Icahn says Microsoft is still in the hunt to acquire Yahoo, but only if the board is replaced, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer “made it abundantly clear” to him that he wouldn’t talk with Yahoo’s current board, which he fears will run the company into the ground before antitrust authorities agree to a merger.http://www.newser.com/story/31819/icahn-microsoft-will-only-negotiate-with-me.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 07 Jul 2008 9:35:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31524/yahoo-looks-to-time-warner-news-corp.html?refid=rss_all_defaultYahoo—back in the sights of Microsoft—is trying to keep its fate in its own hands, launching talks with potential partners, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Internet company reopened talks with Time Warner about a deal that would make AOL part of Yahoo and give Time Warner a minority interest in the new venture; Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is also in the mix.http://www.newser.com/story/31524/yahoo-looks-to-time-warner-news-corp.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 03 Jul 2008 5:30:03 CDT