Archive: May 2008

Yahoo board takes fire

May 15, 2008
A few pieces are detailing Carl Icahn’s foray into Yahoo and his decision to take up the proxy fight Microsoft appears to have abandoned. This Dealbook article gets my vote today because of this quote from Icahn: It is unconscionable...
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Principles of War – Military

May 13, 2008
In OCS (for Rick) and at West Point (for Mike), we were both tasked with learning bits of “required knowledge.” These were bits of useful or historical information, such as lifesaving steps or MacArthur’s Duty, Honor, Country quote, or mnemonics...
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