Yahoo is starting its first full week with an updated board of directors and a fresh outlook for the future. Former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi Jr. and former Nextel CEO John Chapple -- both recommended by outspoken shareholder-turned-board-member Carl Icahn -- were officially appointed to leadership roles Thursday. Now, the company will try to find the path away from public battles and into success.

Yahoo's 11-member board of directors is set at last. In a slight change from what was expected, Carl Icahn's friends Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple will fill the last couple of available spots. read more

Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company selected...

Yahoo on Thursday added to its board of directors two executives picked by corporate raider Carl Icahn, fulfilling a condition of a truce it struck with the corporate raider.

The Yahoo-Carl Icahn saga is entering a new phase. Yahoo said Thursday that it appointed Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple to its board.

Yahoo Inc said on Thursday it had appointed former Viacom Inc (VIAb.N) CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board as part of a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.

Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp. and the ensuing proxy threat from activist investor Carl Icahn.

Yahoo is close to appointing John Chapple and Frank Biondi Jr. as its two additional board members, as it nears its Friday deadline to expand its board as part of a settlement agreement with investor activist Carl Icahn, according to sources.

SAN JOSE -- Having endured takeover attempts by Microsoft and then billionaire investor Carl Icahn, executives and board members at Internet giant Yahoo sought to assure rattled shareholders at the annual meeting here yesterday that the company has a plan for regaining its momentum after a multiy...