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David Einhorn calls on Microsoft CEO to step down

David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has a knack for making news at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference. Recall that he famously and correctly predicted the implosion of Lehman Brothers at the conference in 2008, which kicked his public profile to a whole new level. This year, he was at it again

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 has proposed an all-new slate of directors, he really does not want to jump onto the board. What

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 shareholders have been up in arms. Now, with no less than Carl Icahn declaring war on the Yahoo board, we jus

Google spoiled the Microsoft-Yahoo deal

Steve Ballmer and Eric Schmidt have tangled before. Microsoft certainly got the best of Novell way back when. Now Schmidt may have had his revenge. The New York Times reports that Google played the role of spoiler to near-perfection, emerging a the clear winner in the merger-fest. The company