Yahoo Investor Icahn Talks to Microsoft; No Agreement (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. investor Carl Icahn , who lobbied for a Microsoft Corp. takeover earlier this year, held talks with the software company about a purchase of Yahoo’s Internet search business, without reaching an agreement.
Business people in the news (The Journal News)
MATTHEW N. TYNAN of Mount Kisco recently was promoted to senior vice president of finance and investor relations at Priceline.com Inc. in Norwalk, Conn. Tynan joined the company in 2000 as a business analyst. He was later promoted to management positions at the company.
Ahead of the Bell: Prudential investor meeting (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Insurance company Prudential Financial Inc. will hold an investor meeting in New York on Thursday. Chief Executive John Strangfeld and his management team are expected to provide an update on the Newark, N.J.-based insurer, during a time when insurance companies nationwide face capital and liquidity concerns.
Street turns cautious ahead of employment report (INO News)
(AP:NEW YORK) A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety ahead of the government's November employment report.
New investor adds jolt to SparkPeople’s business plan (BizJournals)
A cash infusion by America Online founder Steve Case has allowed Cincinnati-based SparkPeople to add features to its popular Web sites, attract new advertisers and expand into new product lines.
