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Yahoo, shareholders convene--at last

August 2, 2008 At the annual shareholders meeting, Yahoo honchos continue to voice optimism about the company's future. Some investors had hoped for more action. TAGS: shareholder, Stephen Shankland, Dawn Kawamoto, digital media, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang, investor, stock price, coverage, blog, CEO, video

Cisco CEO sees U.S. economy making soft landing

November 15, 2007 Also, global economy is healthy, Chambers tells shareholders, adding that company would pay a dividend "at the right point in time." TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., economy, dividend, John Chambers, shareholder, CEO, U.S.

Week in review: Heat returns to Yahoo

June 27, 2008 Billionaire activist investor wants to show the door to Yahoo's CEO, while Bill Gates walks away from day-to-day work at Microsoft. Also: A Facebook face-off. TAGS: Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, shareholder, CEO, president, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, chairman

Week in review: Yahoo's bitter pill for Icahn

June 6, 2008 Yahoo's poison pill may keep Yang with the company. Icahn sets a price and sets out his terms. Meanwhile, we await what's up Steve Jobs' sleeve. Also: Green tech. TAGS: pill, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, compensation, Jerry Yang, Week in review, letter, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, CEO, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates

February 16, 2008 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Bill Gates, shareholder, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Teaming up against Google

February 1, 2008 Microsoft offers to buy struggling Yahoo for $44.6 billion to better compete against Google. Also: Vista's one-year anniversary. TAGS: monetization, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., layoff, Week in review, reader, online advertising, social networking, shareholder, merger, Microsoft Corp., open source, CEO

Yahoo investors, and others, make noise on the Web

June 19, 2007 Eric Jackson credits his Internet campaign for organizing disgruntled Yahoo investors and helping to bring about Semel's departure as CEO. TAGS: shareholder, Terry Semel, hedge fund, Yahoo! Inc., investor, campaign, CEO

Apple's Jobs brushes aside backdating concerns

May 10, 2007 Some institutional shareholders castigate the CEO for his role in stock option scandal, but most praise him for making them richer. TAGS: Steve Jobs, shareholder, stock option, Apple Computer, proposal, compensation, representative, CEO

Shareholders blast CEO Semel for Yahoo performance

June 12, 2007 But they follow board recommendations to reject pay-for-performance and censorship proposals. TAGS: Terry Semel, shareholder, pay-for-performance, monetization, Internet search advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, CTO, proposal, Google Inc., leader, CEO

Oracle: Even $6.7 billion for BEA is too high

November 15, 2007 CEO Larry Ellison tells analysts that if his company renews bid for middleware maker, it would come at a price below $17 a share. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., offer, shareholder, CEO

Icahn's showdown with Motorola reaches final hour

May 7, 2007 Shareholders will vote Monday evening to determine if the billionaire investor will win seat on Motorola's board. TAGS: Carl Icahn, Motorola Inc., shareholder, Ed Zander, interest, investor, fight, letter, Time Warner Inc., CEO, cell phone

Siebel shareholders: Explore 'strategic alternatives'

April 14, 2005 A group of shareholders that owns one-third of Siebel Systems says the software company needs a buyer. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., shareholder, firm, CEO

HP rejects compensation proposal

March 16, 2006 Shareholders kill a proposal that would have allowed HP to recoup bonuses paid to underperforming executives. TAGS: proposal, shareholder, compensation, HP, Patricia Dunn, Carly Fiorina, policy, CEO

AT&T Wireless shareholders approve buyout

May 19, 2004 Cingular's purchase of the company wins the approval of shareholders eager to see a payoff that CEO John Zeglis describes as "handsome." TAGS: AT&T Wireless, shareholder, buyout, BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, wireless carrier, merger, subscriber, AT&T Corp., U.S., CEO

Apple's Jobs nixes iPod partnerships

April 22, 2004 Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs publicly dismisses an overture from RealNetworks to allow Apple's popular digital music player to work with music services other than iTunes. TAGS: shareholder, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, RealNetworks Inc., Apple iPod, CEO

CEOs on the firing line

June 29, 2003 Performance-related dismissals are up and board tolerance is down at large companies around the world. Strategy + Business examines the numbers behind this annual Booz Allen Hamilton study. TAGS: turnover, succession, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Asia-Pacific, shareholder, firing, CEO, study, telecommunications

Oracle pitches merger to PeopleSoft shareholders

February 18, 2004 The software maker sends letters to all its rival's shareholders, urging them to tender their shares to Oracle by mid-March and elect Oracle's nominees to PeopleSoft's board next month. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., shareholder, Oracle Corp., letter, merger, Larry Ellison, management, CEO

Sun shareholders: We want say in exec pay

September 22, 2006 CEO got a big pay raise in fiscal 2006; some shareholders want to have an influence on what the bosses make. TAGS: shareholder, senior executive, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, compensation, stock option, Scott McNealy, exec, chairman, CEO

EarthLink gets a new CEO

June 26, 2007 As the Internet service provider navigates rough waters, a chief executive known for fiscal prudence takes the helm. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Helio, municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Internet Service Provider, CFO, CEO, shareholder, city, Internet service, service provider

PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle bid

November 10, 2004 update PeopleSoft braces for proxy fight, anticipating that shareholder interest will keep Oracle bid alive until annual meeting next spring. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., shareholder, Oracle Corp., offer, bid, battle, decision, chairman, CEO
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