Yahoo Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting was on course to be a dramatic showdown with investor activist Carl Icahn until the two sides declared a last-minute truce in their battle for control of the Internet giant. But the detente hardly means that the event,...

Yahoo may have fended off a takeover bid by Microsoft, but the prolonged and continuing fight for control of the Internet giant appears to have left it a weaker company.

Yahoo may have fended off a takeover bid by Microsoft, but the prolonged and continuing fight for control of the Internet giant appears to have left it a weaker company.

IN THE latest tit-for-tat over Yahoo, billionaire Carl Icahn renewed accusations on Friday that the Internet giant misled shareholders and suggested a joint search deal with Google if Yahoo cannot be sold to Microsoft.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said his company was still holding talks with Yahoo, although no longer about efforts to take the Internet giant.

Yahoo shares climbed slightly as Microsoft showed interest in a possible deal for the Internet giant's search advertising business.

With Yahoo facing pressure from a corporate raider, the Internet giant has reopened discussions on a tie-up with Microsoft, but for a new deal that would probably not be an outright takeover.

With Yahoo facing pressure from a corporate raider, the Internet giant has reopened discussions on a tie-up with Microsoft, but for a new deal that would probably not be an outright takeover.

With Yahoo facing pressure from a corporate raider, the Internet giant has reopened discussions on a tie-up with Microsoft, but for a new deal that would probably not be an outright takeover.

Yahoo shares climbed slightly as Microsoft showed interest in a possible deal for the Internet giant's search advertising business.