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Carl Icahn, the activist billionaire investor who made such a noisy fuss in his quest to force management and other changes at Yahoo, is taking a much quieter leave from the Internet giant’s board. He apparently has told the Yahoo (YHOO) board that “there was not a need at this time for an activist investor” [...]

Longtime Yahoo tech leader Ash Patel is taking some time off until early 2010. Yahoo (YHOO) confirmed the break to BoomTown. In recent days, many inside the company had mistakenly thought the 44-year-old EVP for Product Architecture & Strategy was departing the company for good. Actually, it’s more of a sabbatical for Patel (pictured here). [...]