Jerry Yang issues letter to troops, as Yahoo gears up for proxy ...

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:16am

With billionaire investor Carl Icahn launching a proxy fight Thursday to unseat Yahoo's board of directors, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang issued a letter to employees, as the Internet pioneer gears up to do battle.

This letter is likely to be the first in a string, as the proxy fight ...


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