Icahn's Yahoo fight puts Microsoft in driver's seat Two weeks after Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) abandoned its pursuit of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), a proxy fight launched by activist investor Carl Icahn has put Microsoft in the driver's seat. Shaken Republicans look to McCain as savior Soul searching Republicans are turning to an unlikely savior, one-time party heretic and now presumptive White House nominee John McCain, as they try to stave off an electoral disaster.
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