<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_icahn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080604/capt.cps.mpy95.040608220833.photo00.photo.default-512x367.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=_v0385Oxn9IZximJB7 nhdA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A Yahoo sign in New York's Times Square, in April 2008. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn stepped up his criticism Wednesday of Yahoo, saying its board and top management sabotaged a takeover bid from Microsoft to the detriment of shareholders.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Activist investor Carl Icahn escalated his attacks on Yahoo Inc.'s beleaguered board Wednesday in an acerbic letter demanding the directors scrap an employee severance plan that drove up the potential costs of a Microsoft Corp. takeover.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Icahn tells Yahoo board to scrap severance plan
(AP)