lawsuits
Yahoo investor ire not seen triggering proxy (Sydney Morning Herald)
Yahoo investors who wanted to accept a Microsoft buyout are not seen as likely to try to oust the board, and instead seem to be channeling their ire through lawsuits and a campaign to turn July's annual meeting into a vote of no-confidence.
Subprime lawsuit filings accelerate in 2008
The subprime crisis is on track to spawn as much litigation as the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, with the number of lawsuits from borrowers and investors in related debt and equities now well into the hundreds, according to a recent study by Navigant Consulting Inc., a Chicago-base ...
Risk arb update: Clear Channel, Penn National
Both lawsuits over the $25 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP are moving swiftly, while the wide spread on the buyout of Penn National Gaming Inc. by Fortress Investment Group LLC and Centerbridge Partners LP reflects worries about t ...
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Does Yahoo really want a political profile in China? (Market Watch)
In the wake of damaging lawsuits charging Yahoo with complicity in the jailing and torture of Chinese dissidents, the company is seeking to make amends with a “human-rights fund” dedicated to providing victims of government censorship with legal and other assistance.