June 4, 2008 12:41 PM PDT

Why Carl Icahn's taking aim at Jerry Yang

Posted by Charles Cooper

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More rumblings in the ongoing Yahoo-Microsoft saga, with Carl Icahn calling for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's head. Meanwhile, the board has set its annual shareholders meeting for August 1. And just to keep things extra interesting, Sue Decker, the No. 2 exec at Yahoo, got up at a public forum to say that yes, we still are talking to Microsoft. Check out my interview with CNET News.com reporter Dawn Kawamoto, who deconstructs the latest chess moves.

Charles Cooper is an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. A graduate of Queens College and Columbia University, Cooper began his career in journalism at the Associated Press before moving to technology coverage. E-mail Charlie.

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Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. A graduate of Queens College and Columbia University, Cooper began his career in journalism at the Associated Press before moving to technology coverage. Before joining CNET News, he worked at Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. He received the Excellence in Journalism award from the Northern California branch of the Society for Professional Journalists for column writing.

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