Icahn Makes Bid to Control Yahoo Board

Peter Sayer, IDG News Service

Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:40 AM PDT

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn plans to replace Yahoo's entire board with a 10-member slate, he informed company Chairman Roy Bostock in an open letter. Icahn wants Yahoo to reopen merger negotiations with Microsoft.

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