A rift is developing among some large Yahoo! shareholders that could affect billionaire Carl Icahn's plans to toss out the Internet icon's board and sell the company to Microsoft, The Post has learned. On one side is Bill Miller, the legendary...

Carl C. Icahn would have more support in his proxy battle against Yahoo Inc. if he pledged not to sell the company for less than $33 a share, Legg Mason portfolio manager Bill Miller said on Tuesday.

Bill Miller, the star portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, has not yet decided whether to support a dissident board slate at Yahoo Inc backed by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

?Press reports that major shareholders would have been wiling to take $35 are probably not far off the mark,? said Bill Miller, Yahoo?s second-largest shareholder.

The second-largest Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) shareholder Legg Mason (LM) is offering a ray of hope for the company, sort of: LM portfolio manager Bill Miller told WSJ his firm is prepared to support an independent Yahoo, should Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) lower its offer, as it threatened to do this weekend. Legg Mason is the second biggest shareholder in the company, with about 7 percent of Yahoo shares as ...

The second-largest Yahoo shareholder Legg Mason is offering a ray of hope for the company, sort of: LM portfolio manager Bill Miller told WSJ his firm is prepared to support an independent Yahoo, should Microsoft lower its offer, as it threatened to do this weekend.

A major Yahoo Inc shareholder, Legg Mason, is ready to back Yahoo's effort to stay independent if Microsoft Corp lowers its buyout offer, the Wall Street Journal said, citing an interview with portfolio manager Bill Miller.

A major Yahoo Inc shareholder, Legg Mason, is ready to back Yahoo's effort to stay independent if Microsoft Corp lowers its buyout offer, the Wall Street Journal said, citing an interview with portfolio manager Bill Miller.

The second-largest Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) shareholder Legg Mason (LM) is offering a ray of hope for the company, sort of: LM portfolio manager Bill Miller told WSJ his firm is prepared to support an independent Yahoo, should Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) lower its offer, as it threatened to do this weekend. Legg Mason is the second biggest shareholder in the company, with about 7 percent of Yahoo shares as ...