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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Shill Icahn Wants to Start Proxy War Against Yahoo!

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Icahn Threatens Yahoo Board Fight After Failed Bid

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| Icahn is acting as a "surrogate" for Microsoft by waging a battle for board 
| seats that may persuade Yahoo to sell to the software maker, Troy Mastin, an 
| analyst at William Blair & Co. in Chicago, said in an interview with 
| Bloomberg Television.   
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=anGYQkzdT..Q&refer=news

Typical Microsoft? Using proxies to do the dirty jobs?

Google surpasses Yahoo by a hair

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| For the first time, Google has bested Yahoo in total Internet traffic, 
| comScore said. 
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=26515


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Icahn wades into Yahoo-Microsoft battle

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| The billionaire investor Carl Icahn has begun building up a stake in Yahoo,
| emerging as the man most likely to lead a challenge to the internet company's
| decision to spurn a $46bn takeover offer from Microsoft.
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| It was unclear last night if any of Yahoo's major shareholders would support
| a proxy vote. It was also not clear that Microsoft would return to
| negotiations even if a new Yahoo board wanted it to.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/icahn-wades-into-yahoomicrosoft-battle-827767.html


Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205


Is Microsoft Aura Fading? 

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| Yesterday's early relief rally reversed, and Microsoft's value has now fallen 
| by more than $30 billion since it unveiled its bid for Yahoo on February 1. 
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121004447596669953.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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