proxy battle

The Carl Icahn proxy battle with Yahoo appears to have been a slight distraction. Yahoo on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of $1.35 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs.

Excluding items, Yahoo had earnings of $139 million, or 10 cents a share.

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Despite a hectic past two months fighting off a proxy battle with investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo is rumored to be sending out buyout feelers for social-networks company Demand Media.

Yahoo's Hilary Schneider, who was recently promoted to oversee the company's U.S. go-to market operations, traveled to Demand ...

Investor activist Carl Icahn on Monday announced that Microsoft is supporting his proxy battle efforts to unseat Yahoo's board, with the software giant indicating that it is willing to negotiate a potential deal to acquire the company or its search assets with a new board.

Although Icahn and Microsoft ...

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo, which wants its current nine-member board to be re-elected at its annual shareholders meeting on August ...

Updated at 8:09 p.m. PDT with more information on the proxy contest.

Yahoo announced Tuesday it will hold its annual shareholders meeting on August 1, setting the stage for a contentious proxy battle with billionaire shareholder Carl Icahn.

What Yahoo has, Microsoft wanted. But talks broke down, and the software giant says a proxy battle isn't worth it.

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Supporters of Carl Icahn's proxy battle for Yahoo buy up shares in the search engine and online advertising firm.

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(Posted in News Blog by Steven Musil)

Yahoo's chief executive issues a letter to employees and executives, as the Internet pioneer gears up to fight against activist investor Carl Icahn.