Why Carl Icahn's So Mad

Column Column 6/4/2008

The Microsoft/Yahoo saga is back on the radar this week, fueled by an angry Carl Icahn's threats and the shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo, whose documents were unsealed by a Delaware judge earlier this week.

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that shareholder activist and Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn is "stepping up his rhetoric" against Yahoo and wants CEO Jerry Yang removed.

What's got Icahn so mad?

Find out at Contentinople.

Also, check out Part 2 of the Icahn rant.

— R. Scott Raynovich, Publisher, Contentinople

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