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Investor Carl Icahn and the Yahoo board are engaging in a war of words over how the company handled Microsoft's attempts to buy it. As the proxy fight won't come to a head until Yahoo's shareholders' meeting, scheduled for August first, there's no immediate end in sight for the exchange of nastygrams. Read More...

Just when we thought the MicroHoo saga was over, Carl Icahn steps in and stirs up some fresh excitement. The activist investor submitted an alternative slate of Yahoo directors and hopes to revive Microsoft's interest in a deal. Yahoo's current management remains skeptical.Read More...

At least part of the Yahoo saga is coming to a close, as the company and Carl Icahn have reached a settlement in which Icahn will get a seat on the company's board, which will expand to seat two members of his choosing.Read More...

Redmond issues its own statement on the latest spurt of negotiations with Yahoo, suggesting that statements made over the weekend by Yahoo's board contained several errors.Read More...

Carl Icahn is trying to convince Yahoo shareholders that he's change they can believe in, and he's getting some help from Microsoft, which happily confirmed that they've been discussing a new buyout offer should Icahn's efforts to dump the Yahoo board succeed.Read More...

Just because Microsoft publicly gave up a few weeks back doesn't mean that discussions with Yahoo ended. Now, a report has surfaced that Microsoft is truly throwing in the towel, and a Yahoo-Google deal is imminent.Read More...

A report suggests that Google and Yahoo are trying to preempt any formal legal action by the US Department of Justice. The companies may be negotiating an agreement that would set limits on the companies' joint advertising agreement.Read More...

Yahoo will begin displaying Google ads on a handful of search results for a two-week period. A small market test may not be serious business, but in this case it's tantamount to mooning Microsoft's headquarters from across Bellevue-Redmond Road. Read More...

Sweet-talking didn't work, so Microsoft is turning a harder edge on Yahoo's board of directors. Here's why we don't think it will work any better.Read More...