Icahn Boomerangs Back to Yang, Gets Three Board Seats for His Troubles

We can’t decide whether this is like the time gun-for-hire Han Solo reconsidered his selfish ways at the last minute and zoomed in to save Luke from Darth Vader. Regardless, with ten days to go until the Yahoo stock holder meeting we will bet this isn’t the last plot twist to come. The New York Post is reporting that proxy battler Carl Icahn has made good with Yahoo head Jerry Yang and in the process acquired three of the eleven seats on Yahoo’s board.

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