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Breakingviews awards gold medals in financial Olympics
In honor of the summer Olympics, here are some medals that Breakingviews would like to see: A "shot put" medal for John Paulson: His big "put" on the subprime crisis made for a very good year. But Read more...
Carl Icahn, blogger, has bigger plans for site
When news hit that Carl Icahn was planning to blog, a lot of people were ready to tune in. He made the world wait. But after nearly half a year, The Icahn Read more...
Yang beats back at hedge funds
For Jerry Yang, the erstwhile founder and chief of Yahoo, the barbarians are at the gate. He can smell the likes of Carl Icahn and his hedge fund hordes. And yet he is holding on. How long is the big Read more...
Handicapping Silicon Valley vs. Wall Street
The battle for heart and soul of Yahoo is shaping up to be a real doozy. In one corner: The Carl Icahn-led hedge fund crowd, with a long list of luminaries that are irate at the Yahoo board for
Read more...Hedge funds line up behind Icahn on Yahoo
Yahoo may have been able to stare down Microsoft at the bargaining table, but we may yet see big M&A fees from a deal. The catalyst in all this remains Carl Icahn. Following his lead, an all-star Read more...
Icahn now main player in Microsoft-Yahoo drama
The key man in the still unfolding Microsoft-Yahoo pas de deux is not Steve Ballmer, not Jerry Yang, or even Eric Schmidt. It's investor activist Carl Icahn. The New York Times notes that while he Read more...
Microsoft to the rescue of Yahoo?
We noted not too long ago that it might not be wise to assume that the Microsoft-Yahoo dance was completely over. Ever since Jerry Yang and company spurned Steve Ballmer and company, Yahoo Read more...