Once upon a time, Carl Icahn complained about the way Jerry Yang was running Yahoo and bought a massive number of shares to force him out. Later, Icahn joined Yahoo's board of directors and gave Carol Bartz his full support. Now, Icahn's involvement seems almost over, as he's sold around 7.9 million shares. This new development is a rather big deal. Icahn owned 11,991,000 shares of Yahoo's ...

Carl Icahn took another big step into Internet investing oblivion yesterday by dumping even more of his once-massive Yahoo stock stake. According to regulatory filings, the activist investor--who once stalked Yahoo like Captain Ahab --dumped eight million shares in the past three months, going from 12 million to four million.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn boosted his stakes in Genzyme Corp. and Motorola Inc. in the first quarter but dumped shares in CIT Group Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Blockbuster Inc.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn boosted his stakes in Genzyme Corp. and Motorola Inc. in the first quarter but dumped shares in CIT Group Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Blockbuster Inc.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn boosted his stakes in Genzyme Corp. and Motorola Inc. in the first quarter but dumped shares

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn boosted his stakes in Genzyme Corp. and Motorola Inc. in the first quarter but dumped shares

Looks like the Carl Icahn era is now officially over at Yahoo . The activist investor has once again slashed his stake in the company and now owns only four million shares of Yahoo’s stock, or 0.28 percent of the company, according to an SEC filing, first noted by Marketwatch.

Looks like the Carl Icahn era is now officially over at Yahoo . The activist investor has once again slashed his stake in the company and now owns only four million shares of Yahoo’s stock, or 0.28 percent of the company, according to an SEC filing, first noted by Marketwatch.

Looks like the Carl Icahn era is now officially over at Yahoo . The activist investor has once again slashed his stake in the company and now owns only four million shares of Yahoo’s stock, or 0.28 percent of the company, according to an SEC filing, first noted by Marketwatch.

May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn disclosed that his hedge-fund group sold its 4.9 percent stake in New York- based CIT Group Inc. and cut its holdings in Yahoo! Inc. by more than half.