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SubscribeAugust 1, 2008 2:09 PM
Yahoo directors re-elected, but shareholders show displeasure
Posted by Benjamin J. Romano
After its shareholder meeting today, Yahoo released results of voting for its board of directors. All the director candidates were running unopposed, but the number of votes withheld was viewed as a measure of shareholders' displeasure.
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August 1, 2008 1:13 PM
Microsoft news roundup
Posted by Benjamin J. Romano
My colleague Brier Dudley picked up a handful of interesting Microsoft items on his blog this week. Check them out:
One of Microsoft's first employees, "Mama" Lubow, passed away
Analysis of Microsoft's annual report
Microsoft releases Vista-loving "Mojave Experiment" video
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August 1, 2008 12:06 PM
Yawn-hoo: Few fireworks at Yahoo shareholder meeting
Posted by Benjamin J. Romano
The Yahoo shareholders who spoke at the company's meeting in San Jose today were not particularly interested in raking the company's board of directors over the coals for its handling of Microsoft's acquisition offer. In fact, several who spoke praised the board and were glad that it held off Microsoft. In the quote of the day, one man, who said he owns 1,200 shares, along with his wife, described Microsoft as "a corporation-destroying, over-the-hill, green tentacled octopus from Redmond." Zing.
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