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Activist investor Carl Icahn may rekindle Yahoo-Microsoft deal
Posted on May 16, 2008
Investor activist Carl Icahn's recent nomination of an alternative Board of Directors at Yahoo! Inc. may revive talks of a transaction with Microsoft Corp., according to Goldman Sachs analyst James Mitchell. In his note titled Yahoo! transaction back in the crosshairs as Icahn enters the fray, analyst James Mitchell said it may be the perfect time to rekindle Microsoft's interest in Yahoo! given Mr. Icahn's substantial track record in pushing through acquisitions, most recently Oracle's purchase of BEA Systems, and the fact that Yahoo!'s current board has had to issue a letter defending its ...
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