Here's some news you may have missed last week, based on staff and wire reports. Monday After Yahoo's annual meeting the week before, the math didn't add up for Capital Research Global Investors, one of the Sunnyvale Internet content powerhouse's largest shareholders.

Sun, Aug 3, 2008 (12:15 a.m.) Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.

Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.

With the stock down, many shareholders are questioning whether Jerry Yang is the right man to lead Yahoo.

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...

Yahoo executives were resoundingly re-elected after being berated by shareholders over failed takeover talks with Microsoft and for exposing Internet dissidents to Chinese officials.

The press should applaud activist shareholders, the billionaire investor argues, adding that a media circus wouldn't help at Yahoo's shareholders meeting Friday.

Angry shareholders railed against Texas Pacific Group yesterday in the wake of its shock decision to pull its £179m investment in Bradford & Bingley. Investors were left fuming after TPG withdrew its offer to buy 23 per cent of B&B after ratings ...

UBS yesterday piled on the agony for its shareholders by finally admitting that it faced further write-downs. The Swiss bank said that if it managed to break even in the second quarter it would only be due to an unexpected tax credit. The bank, once ...

Yahoo reportedly picks up its talks with Time Warner over a possible combination with Time's AOL unit, as the Internet company faces pressure to boost shareholders returns.