An alternative to a full takeover of Yahoo presented the company with a Microsoft offer of a billion dollars for Yahoo’s search assets, and $8 billion to buy back stock from corporate raider Carl Icahn and other investors.
ICANN’s Recent Proposal to Curb Domain Tasting
Over the last month I and others have written quite a bit about domain tasting and how registrars are taking advantage of the policy, allowing them to capture potential domain names that their customers are searching for.
A Modest Proposal – WPP And Google
Don’t look now, but WPP honcho Martin Sorrell has been tipped to be looking for another acquisition to complement the ad giant’s 24/7 Real Media buy from 2007.
CNET Calls JANA’s Proposal ‘Improper’
CNet Networks responded to hedge fund JANA Partners’ aggressive proposal to takeover the company upon acquiring a majority of shares in the company. CNet called JANA’s proposal "improper" and indicated that a takeover would not add value for stockholders.JANA Partners issued an announcement this morning and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its intent to submit proposals to amend CNet’s bylaws in order to increase the size of the board of directors from eight to thirteen. The move came after JANA acquired 21 percent, or a majority stake, in the company.
Cisco Chides Google Over FCC Proposal
Not that there’s a potential conflict of interest or anything, but Cisco, or at least Mary Brown, Cisco’s Director of Technology and Spectrum Policy, sounds insulted by Google’s attempt to strong arm the FCC into imposing a certain set of rules on the upcoming spectrum auction.
Martin Rejects Google’s Proposal
Time’s running out for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to set rules for the 2008 spectrum auction, and it looks like he’s sticking with the half-concession he originally made regarding open access. And whether or not Google will bid is up in the air.
IRS Proposal Could Change Ecommerce
The U.S. Treasury Department wants to crack down on Internet businesses like eBay and Amazon.com and require them to share their customer’s personal data with the Internal Revenue Service.
Google Board Votes Down Proposal Against Censorship
Recently, a number of groups that own shares in Google put forth a shareholder proposal that would require Google to resist government censorship efforts, and to notify users when consorship had occured despite Google’s best efforts. Wenesday, Google’s board of directors issued a recommendation that the proposal be voted down, ensuring the proposal will never have a chance, since the big three of Page, Brin and Schmidt hold 66.2% of all voting power.
Can You Provide a Written Proposal Objection?
This is part 4 in a ten part series.
Update – Super Proposal
About a month ago, I did a post about a fellow who is working to raise money and media attention in order to secure a sponsor for a marriage proposal during the Super Bowl, “One Super Proposal”.