Why Carl Icahn's taking aim at Jerry Yang

by Charles Cooper

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 has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. Before joining CNET News, he worked at the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. E-mail Charlie.

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