Come West, Daniel Loeb: A Silicon Valley Visit As Yahoo’s Activist Shareholder Mulls Proxy Fight

Hey, Scott, Jerry — let’s all meet with Dan at the Rosewood lobby!
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For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.
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Research In Motion Rallies on Magic Unicorn Rescue

Shares of Research in Motion — which if the tech sector were Highlights Magazine, would be the Goofus to Apple’s Gallant — are up more than 6 percent today on a heavily circulated market rumor that a unicorn is riding to its rescue.

What Was Behind the Timing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s Abrupt Ouster?

So why was the ousted CEO of Yahoo shown the door so abruptly? Because it is Yahoo, which never met a crisis situation it could not hopelessly complexify.
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As Yahoo Board Meets Tomorrow, Investors Ready Thumbscrews

Welcome to Sunnyvale, Yahoo board! But you might want to wear a disguise when you visit URL’s Cafe!
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Déjà Vu: Activist Yahoo Shareholder Takes Aim at Board

It’s not Carl Icahn this time, but the investor attacks are all too familiar for Yahoo.
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My Picks for Yahoo’s Next CEO — Maybe Snoop Dogg, Ya Digg?

While the Yahoo board has yet to begin a search, I have already been hard at work on selecting the next CEO.
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Google-Motorola: Carl Icahn Looks Brilliant

Google has made Carl Icahn look like a genius. At least for one day.

Motorola Sees Tablet Sales of 1.5 Million or Less This Year

The Android device maker expects Xoom sales to fall in the current quarter, after selling 440,000 tablets last quarter. Two more tablets and the delayed Droid Bionic phone should be out later this year.
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Icahn Prods Motorola to Explore Patent Sale

Carl Icahn lit a fire under shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and opened up a potential battle with the company’s board, as the activist investor said he has urged the firm to explore options for its patent portfolio, in the wake of the $4.5 billion deal for Nortel Networks Corp.’s patents.

Icahn Cans Yahoo