Yahoo has postponed their annual shareholder meeting, originally set for July 3, until the end of July to give regulators more time to review documents tied to the board election, the company said today in a corporate filing.
The stated motivation for the postponement is questionable. We think it could be:
Jerry Yang stalling for more time [...]
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In a brief statement Sunday, Microsoft announced it was proposing a new arrangement with Yahoo that would not be an outright acquisition of the company. Yahoo said late Sunday that its board would give any proposal due consideration. Both companies have declined to elaborate.
Still hoping to jump-start its own Internet ad business, Microsoft has floated [...]
Senator Barack Obama would like to begin shutting down the nominating contest with Senator Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night as two more states — Kentucky and Oregon — hold their primaries. But he wants to do it subtly.
If Mrs. Clinton wants to keep going to the end — and by every indication she does — [...]
Sen. Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said today. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the 76-year-old Democrat’s “fighting spirit will hold him in good stead.”
Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family’s compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
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Microsoft Corp., the software maker that said it had moved on after acquisition talks with Yahoo! Inc. failed, revived the possibility that the companies may strike a deal to challenge Google Inc.
Microsoft said yesterday that it is exploring an agreement with Yahoo that stops short of a full acquisition. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft didn’t elaborate on [...]
A doctor for Senator Edward M. Kennedy said that he did not suffer a stroke and was not in any immediate danger.
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Despite Sen. Barack Obama’s commanding lead in the delegate count, Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigned hard Sunday, telling voters she’s “running for the toughest job in the world.”
A valiant front in a failing effort, Clinton needs to begin toning down her rhetoric as she winds down her campaign.
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With Hillary Clinton’s resounding win in West Virginia this evening, the Democratic party knows it is in real trouble. Hillary sounded a bit too victorious during her victory speech in a state where she only gained 12 more delegates than Barack Obama, and where John Edwards won 7% of the vote.
Clinton vows to push on even [...]
BeyondGenius.com knew that the Microsoft-Yahoo deal would go through, but we didn’t see the introduction of Carl Icahn, the enigmatic billionaire activist investor, who is considering whether to mount a proxy fight to take control of board seats at Yahoo.
Late last week, Icahn built a significant position in Yahoo that may be as much as [...]
