Yahoo shareholder decides to bow out of launching proxy fight

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 1:26pm

Yahoo shareholder Eric Jackson announced Tuesday he is dropping his efforts to launch a proxy fight against the Internet search pioneer, citing cost concerns of going it alone.

Earlier in the day, Jackson, in an interview with CNET News.com, gave himself a 40 percent chance of moving forward with ...



 

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