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Pity the remaining inhabitants of Yahoo! On August 1, when its board of directors meets to decide whether to throw out CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang and capitulate to Microsoft, the Siege of Yahoo will have entered, to the day, its sixth month...
...protracted spectacle of a company under siege, with its daily skirmishes and who's up/who's down scoreboard. Carl Icahn, the perpetual barbarian at the gate, launched a proxy fight. Can he and the shareholders vanquish Yahoo's board, opening the doors to the Microsoft hordes? We'll see August...
Light, a highly-regarded scholar who has written extensively about structuring complex financial transaction, became acting dean of the Business School after his predecessor stepped down in August 2005. He was named full dean...
Suddenly, everyone wants to talk about running mates. Tomorrow's trivia questions are the titans of today - Midwestern governors, swing-state Senators, retired generals. Recent history says the winners will be announced days or even weeks before the conventions in late August. But what's the hurry? At least one party ought to revive tradition by dropping the bombshell while the delegates are gathered...
...Bill Clinton in the doldrums of July 1992 announce that he was choosing Al Gore for an all-youth ticket. Four years later, Dole infused his campaign with testosterone by drafting Hall of Fame quarterback Jack Kemp for his team. In early August of 2000, Gore distanced himself from the incumbent by pairing with Clinton critic Joseph Lieberman...