Yahoo Rejects 'absurd' Microsoft-Icahn Buyout Offer
News Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it had rejected a joint buyout proposal offered on Friday night by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn. We are prepared to let our stockholders, not Microsoft and Carl Icahn, decide what is in their...
[July 14, 2008, 11:38]
Billionaire Seeks To Derail AOL-Google Deal
News Billionaire Time Warner shareholder Carl Icahn on Monday warned the media conglomerate's board against making a "disastrous" and "short-sighted" decision. If Internet unit America Online agrees to an exclusive deal with search giant Google, its...
[December 20, 2005, 9:25]
Buyout Could Benefit Both BEA And Oracle
News Meanwhile, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who earlier this month boosted his stake in BEA to 13.2 percent, has been urging the company to put itself up for sale. Oracle's offer, made in a letter on Tuesday to BEA's board of directors, was a 25...
[October 15, 2007, 12:56]
Microsoft's Next Move In Fight For Yahoo
News But, after BEA rejected the offer, the company's largest investor, Carl Icahn, intervened and directly negotiated a deal with Oracle, which in the end was higher than Oracle's initial offer but less than BEA's desired striking point.
[February 12, 2008, 15:13]
