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corporate governance

Nearly 1 in 5 Yahoo investors followed Valleywag's voting instructions

There's some kerfuffle about the voting in Yahoo's board election — something to do with whether some large investor voted or not. We don't care! What really pleases us is that the four board members we suggested get the boot — Roy Bostock, Art Kern, Ron Burkle, and Gary Wilson — scored the lowest in the vote. More »

3:20 PM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Owen Thomas
599 views, 2 comments

Latest by N/A: Correlation, causation, self-promotion...it all fits in there, somewhere. more »

yahoo raid

The Yahoo board members we'd most like to see fired

Corporate greenmailer Carl Icahn, some old dude who was stupid enough to buy a lot of shares of Yahoo on the premise that Microsoft would buy the company after it said it wouldn't, wants four seats on Yahoo's board. Yahoo only prepared to reward his intelligence by offering him two, Kara Swisher reports. Why so stingy? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to clear the dead wood out of the boardroom. Make room! Our nominees for the axe: More »

10:40 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Owen Thomas
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art kern

Yahoo board member's secret marriage revealed by pension-fund fight

Two pension funds suing Yahoo want to get testimony from director Art Kern, a former radio entrepreneur — but his domestic bliss is getting in the way. Kern was married on March 1 Deal Journal reports, according to a document filed by lawyers in the case, and is starting a five-week honeymoon outside the country on May 4. Here's what's odd about the filing: the name of Kern's new spouse is not mentioned anywhere. A source familiar with Kern says his new wife's name is Alison. Anyone have pictures of the happy couple? Please send them in.

4:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Owen Thomas
808 views, 4 comments

Latest by TheGunslinger: Who the hell is Art Kern and who the hell cares anyway? more »