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Bill Miller backs Yang in Yahoo fight
Legg Mason Capital Management Inc. Chairman Bill Miller is backing Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang in a fight for control of the board, saying a proxy contest with Carl C. Icahn would be disruptive. Legg Mason Capital Management is the...Tags: Bill Miller, Internet
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Major investor supports Yahoo's current board
One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn. With Friday's announcement, Legg Mason Capital...Tags: Mutual Funds, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Microsoft Corp., Coup d'Etat, Motorola, Inc.
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Freddie Mac chairman and chief executive Richard Syron pocketed nearly $19.8 million in compensation last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday, even though the mortgage company's stock lost half its value in 2007. If Syron...Tags: Philips Electronics, Laws, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Microsoft Corp., Mortgages
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Microsoft 'stupefying,' Yahoo says
Yahoo Inc. sent a letter to shareholders yesterday in which it called Microsoft Corp.'s actions in its offer to acquire the Internet company "stupefying." The letter from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang also faulted...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Internet
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ICON Central Laboratories, a biotech firm, has received a $112,500 state grant for its expansion in Farmingdale. The company, whose parent company is ICON Plc of Ireland, consolidated three buildings into a new high-tech research lab. It has 225 employees...Tags: Economic Policy, Biotechnology, Saddam Hussein, Radio Industry, Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft 4Q Profit Jumps 42 Percent
The Associated PressMicrosoft its fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but the company offered a softer-than-expected outlook for the current quarter. Earnings for the three months ended June 30 rose to $4.3...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics Industry, Microsoft Corp., Earnings
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Icahn says Yahoo board will rue action
Yahoo Inc. directors made a "grave mistake" in rejecting Microsoft Corp.'s latest advances, billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn said as he pressed shareholders to oust the Internet company's board. Yahoo rejected a breakup proposal from Icahn and Microsoft...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Internet
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Fannie, Freddie safety net not enough to stop slump
From wire reportsWall Street extended its slump into yet another week yesterday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won't head off further troubles in the financial markets. Investors' unease about the...Tags: Legg Mason, Inc., Financial Markets, Fannie Mae, New York Stock Exchange, Mortgages
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Congress wades into Yahoo struggle
Associated PressCongress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo Inc. yesterday, demanding to know whether the Internet company's advertising partnership with Google Inc., intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft Corp., raises antitrust...Tags: Government, Consumers, Marketing, National Government, Microsoft Corp.
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Yahoo Ceo Allegedly Admitted Deal With Google Would Reduce Competition
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs if the battle over the fate of Yahoo Inc. didn't have enough drama, a Microsoft Corp. executive Tuesday accused Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang of acknowledging during a private meeting that the company's Web search advertising deal with Google Inc....Tags: John Jr Conyers, Upper House, Parliament, Laws, Antitrust Issues
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