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With Stock Close to an All-Time High, AOL Tells Activist Shareholder to Go to — Well — You Know!

Kara Swisher in News on May 24 at 3:06 pm PT

Actually, it’s “Go to H-E-double-toothpicks.”

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.

How Much Does Wall Street Hate Google’s Stock-Split Plan?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 15 at 8:53 am PT

And how much can shareholders who oppose it do about it? Very little. That won’t stop advisory firms and pension funds from having their say.

Yahoo Hopes to Fight Back at Activist Shareholder Third Point With More New Board Members of Its Own

Kara Swisher in News on March 22 at 1:34 pm PT

In the battle for the board, Yahoo is not sitting still.

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More Shoes Drop: Third Point Formally Files Preliminary Proxy Statement With SEC

Kara Swisher in News on March 21 at 9:39 am PT

No surprise — preliminary proxy documents from Yahoo’s activist shareholder Third Point were filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission today, which you can see here. In them, the New York hedge fund took new aim at the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s latest board member candidates, noting “installing the hand-picked choices of the current Board does nothing to allay concerns that the Company is poised to repeat the errors of its past.” More to come, to be sure, as Third Point seeks to get its own directors on Yahoo’s board.

HP CEO Whitman Earned One Dollar Plus $16 Million in 2011

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 3 at 7:27 am PT

CEO Meg Whitman may have taken only a one-dollar salary upon taking the job. But her stock-based compensation totaled more than $16 million last year.

Steve Jobs’s Paycheck: $1. Tim Cook’s Paycheck: $378 Million.

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 2:45 pm PT

Well, Tim Cook sure made a lot of money last year.

HP Wins Dubious “Worst Footnote” Award for 2011

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 30, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

After running HP for 11 months, former CEO Léo Apotheker got several million dollars in severance benefits. Exactly how much is hard to determine. For that, HP has won a unique and dubious award.

James Murdoch Turns Down $6 Million Bonus, Citing PhoneGate

Peter Kafka in News on September 2, 2011 at 11:49 am PT

Rupert’s son will keep another $11 million-plus, though.

ISS Calls for Apple CEO Succession Plan

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Apple doesn’t want to divulge its executive succession plan, but it may soon have to. With CEO Steve Jobs on indefinite medical leave for an undisclosed condition and the company’s annual meeting scheduled for Feb. 23, support is growing for a shareholder proposal that would require Apple to explain what it plans to do should Jobs step down.