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Under Pressure, Yahoo Gives 3 Board Seats To Icahn
Associated PressYahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp. The compromise spares Yahoo from more...Tags: Stocks, Corporate Officers, Yahoo! Inc., Prices, Game Playing
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Big fight, little fallout after Icahn battles
AP Business WriterBillionaire Carl Icahn may use the three board seats at Yahoo Inc. that he added to his collection on Monday to do ... not much. The colorful corporate raider, who has been locked in a public feud with Yahoo over its rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s...Tags: WCI Communities Incorporated, Yahoo! Inc., Housing Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Internet
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Takeover off, Circuit City shares plunge
Circuit City Stores Inc. shares plummeted to historic lows yesterday after Blockbuster Inc. withdrew its takeover bid, causing investors to question the consumer electronics retailer's future. Shares of the Richmond, Va.-based company fell 23 cents, or 9...Tags: Best Buy Company Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Electronics, Circuit City Stores Incorporated
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Circuit City shares fall as takeover bid is pulled
Associated PressCircuit City Stores Inc. plummeted to historic lows in trading yesterday after Blockbuster Inc. withdrew its takeover bid, causing investors to question the consumer electronics retailer's future. Shares of the Richmond, Va.-based company fell 23 cents,...Tags: Best Buy Company Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Electronics, Circuit City Stores Incorporated
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Takeover Offer Withdrawn; Circuit City Shares Tumble
Circuit City Stores Inc. plummeted to historic lows in trading Wednesday after Blockbuster Inc. withdrew its takeover bid, causing investors to question the consumer electronics retailer's future. Shares of the Richmond, Va.-based company fell 23 cents,...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Electronics, Circuit City Stores Incorporated
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Blockbuster purchase of Circuit City falls flat
The Associated PressCircuit City Stores Inc. plummeted to historic lows in trading Wednesday after Blockbuster Inc. withdrew its takeover bid, causing investors to question the consumer electronics retailer's future. Shares of the Richmond, Va.-based company fell 23 cents,...Tags: Investments, Best Buy Company Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Electronics
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Blockbuster withdraws Circuit City deal
DALLAS - Blockbuster Inc. said yesterday it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc., the big-box retailer whose sales have tumbled this year. Chief executive James Keyes said in a statement the proposed deal, at a price of $1...Tags: Sales, Best Buy Company Incorporated, Movies, Circuit City Stores Incorporated
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Business Briefing
REGULATION Google ad deal under scrutiny The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow Internet titan Google Inc. to provide some search advertising for Yahoo Inc., according to a report...Tags: Electronics, Oregon, Antitrust Issues, Board of Directors, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
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Blockbuster backs away from deal to buy Circuit City
Blockbuster Inc. said Tuesday it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc. Chief executive James Keyes said in a written statement that the proposed deal, at a price of $1 billion or more, didn't make sense because of market conditions....Tags: Movies, Circuit City Stores Incorporated
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Circuit City posts wider fiscal first-quarter loss
From Bloomberg NewsCircuit City Stores Inc. on Thursday posted a wider fiscal first-quarter loss and a sales decline that surpassed analysts' estimates. "I wasn't particularly impressed," Anthony Chukumba, an analyst at FTN Midwest Securities Corp. in New York, said...Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Sales, Best Buy Company Incorporated, New York, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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