Icahn to resign from Yahoo board

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 10/23/2009 - 5:00pm

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy war for control of Yahoo after co-founder Jerry Yang rejected a Microsoft takeover last year, said he will resign from Yahoo’s Board of Directors, according to reports.

Noting that the board no longer needs an activist, Icahn said he is focused on “a number of other companies” and that [...]


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