Capital Research wants Yahoo vote probe (Reuters)

August 4, 2008

The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. Yahoo Inc's board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 percent of the vote in his favor. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - One of Yahoo Inc's largest and most critical shareholders, Capital Research Global Investors, said on Monday it had asked for a probe of last week's shareholder vote which showed strong support for Chief Executive Jerry Yang.


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Canadian Wireless Companies Sued Over Text Messages (TechWeb)

August 4, 2008
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Customers are furious with Telus and Bell Mobility over a 15-cent charge for incoming text messages.No tag for this post.













Motorola Hires Jha To Jump-Start Phone Business (NewsFactor)

August 4, 2008
NewsFactor - Motorola's mobile-phone division has been bleeding money since the start of 2007, reporting losses of $1.9 billion and falling to third in global sales. The company moved to turn things around Monday with the announcement that it is hiring a top executive away from Qualcomm to run the mobile-phone business.No tag for this post.